According to a source from the Department of Homeland Security, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has conducted 113,000 arrests and executed over 100,000 deportations since President Trump’s inauguration on January 20. An ICE representative stated to the New York Post, ‘He is fulfilling the mandate for which he was elected. Period!’
The exact number of detainees who are convicted criminals, the status of their legal cases, and their specific countries of origin remain uncertain; however, sources suggest that most are being deported to Mexico, as reported by The Post.
President Trump emphasized the importance of addressing illegal immigration during his campaign, and upon his return to office, he declared a border emergency, sent thousands of additional troops to the area, halted the asylum process for individuals crossing the border illegally, and initiated a nationwide mass deportation campaign.
Since that time, ICE has reached its maximum detention capacity and is now seeking further funding from Congress to increase bed availability, following 32,000 arrests within the first 50 days, according to The Post.
He has implemented extensive measures against international criminal organizations, including the application of the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members directly to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador without a trial.
Seventeen alleged members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs were transferred to El Salvador in handcuffs on Sunday night, despite a federal judge having previously blocked the use of the seldom-invoked wartime Alien Enemies Act earlier this month.
Concurrently, illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have decreased to levels not witnessed in decades, reaching an unprecedented low in March, with sources from the Department of Homeland Security attributing this decline to what they refer to as ‘the Trump effect.’
According to a source cited by The Post, unauthorized entries into the United States are no longer a covert method for obtaining legal status. In March, border agents recorded nearly 7,000 illegal crossings, representing a significant 94% decrease from the 137,000 crossings observed in the same month last year during President Joe Biden’s administration. This decline follows February’s total of approximately 8,300 illegal crossings, which is the lowest monthly count in at least 25 years.
Last week, during her daily broadcast, former Fox News host Megyn Kelly articulated her view that U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts might find himself in a vulnerable situation, contingent upon his ruling concerning President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to expedite the deportation of illegal migrant gang members.
Following a lower court’s determination that Trump’s application of this historic statute was inappropriate — a ruling reaffirmed by a federal appellate court on Thursday — the administration submitted an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.
Kelly suggested on her SiriusXM show that Roberts could be the sole Republican-appointed justice inclined to oppose the president. ‘John Roberts, above all, understands that if he issues a ruling indicating that the commander-in-chief is subordinate to the authority of the nine justices regarding what is deemed a military threat posed by a foreign nation, he is treading on extremely thin ice,’ the host remarked. ‘His preoccupation with the court is so intense; I find it hard to believe he would choose to do so.’
