Overview

• Agents are under orders to meet a daily target of 3,000 arrests, intensifying pressure to detain migrants without criminal histories.
• Many officers describe workplace morale as “in the crapper,” with some considering quitting over the agency’s focus on low-risk detentions.
• Detentions of migrants with no criminal convictions have surged more than 800% since the quota took effect.
• Hundreds of staff have been moved from Homeland Security Investigations to Enforcement and Removal Operations, limiting capacity to investigate transnational crime.
• ICE attorney Adam Boyd resigned in June, saying he could no longer endorse prioritizing deportation numbers over national security threats.