Overview

• The Justice Department told the Ninth Circuit that neither ICE leadership nor its field offices have been directed to meet any numerical quota for arrests or removals.
• The DOJ’s rejection of a 3,000-arrests-per-day target directly contradicts Stephen Miller’s May statement that ICE had a goal of at least that many daily detentions.
• Judges in Los Angeles and Washington have cited Miller’s public comments when ruling that expanded expedited deportations and roving immigration sweeps exceed legal authority.
• Federal courts have upheld injunctions barring broad ICE arrest sweeps while openly questioning the authenticity of the administration’s formal denial of any arrest targets.
• Legal advocates warn that the widening gap between White House rhetoric and DOJ court filings is eroding the department’s credibility and could undermine immigrants’ due process rights.