In May, White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller called on ICE to conduct 3,000 arrests per day — roughly 1 million per year — during a tense meeting with agency leaders.
DHS has increasingly used Border Patrol resources for interior enforcement, though it remains unclear what legal jurisdiction agents have beyond the 100-mile zone from the border.
“While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement Monday.
