Overview

• Stephen Miller has instructed ICE to meet a minimum target of 3,000 arrests per day and signaled plans to increase that quota.
• Field officials report threats of termination and surveillance of their communications as they face mounting pressure to boost deportation numbers.
• The expanded arrest directive covers noncriminal migrants encountered at everyday venues such as Home Depot and 7-Eleven.
• A recent operation in Massachusetts led to hundreds of arrests, many involving individuals with no criminal convictions or deportation orders.
• ICE agents have begun detaining migrants immediately after immigration court dismissals, effectively negating post-hearing protections.