Trump administration denies daily quota for immigration arrests | US news
In a new court file, lawyers for the Trump administration rejected a daily quota for immigration arrests, despite reports from the White House officials and at least 3,000 exile or deportation arrest targets per day.
In May, both Guardian and APPLICATIONS During a meeting with the leaders of Immigration and Customs Protection (ICE) on May 21, White House Advisor Stephen Miller and Internal Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanded that immigration agents try to arrest 3,000 people a day.
Following this report Appeared in Fox News In late May and under the leadership of President Trump, we want to set at least 3,000 arrest targets for ice every day, ”he said.
He added that Trump will continue to push this number higher every day to make it higher ”.
However, court filing On Friday, lawyers representing the US Department of Justice, the Ministry of Interior Security, “neither the ice leadership nor field offices, federal immigration law, ice or components of the Federal Migration Act has not been directed to meet any numerical quota or target,” he said. “
The filing is part of an ongoing case in Southern California. Groups filed a lawsuit The Trump administration accused the Los Angeles of making unreasonable migration screenings.
In mid -July, a judge issued a temporary limitation order in the California Central Region, which contains Los Angeles, a temporary restriction order that prevented individuals from detaining individuals on the basis of factors such as race, profession or Spanish speaking anywhere. On Friday, A Court of Appeal approved this order.
Policy At a hearing in the early week, the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice reported pressure on the alleged arrest quota and whether a judge asked whether there was a judge whether there was a management policy to deport 3,000 people a day ”.
Yaakov Roth, a lawyer for the Ministry of Justice, replied to Politico, “My knowledge, not in honor”.
And Government’s file On Friday, the government’s lawyers, “the government, 3,000 arrests per day, the allegations of a policy that necessitates a policy, this figure of the administration ‘wants to determine’ as a target of a White House consultant, he said.
The lawyers added that the lawyers added, “This quotation could be true, but no target has been set as such a target and such a directive was given for DHS or ICE,” lawyers added.
Inconsistency was first reported Los Angeles Daily News And Policy.
What DHS or ICE did not immediately respond to a request for Guardian’s interpretation.
In a statement PolicyA White House spokesman did not directly respond to questions about inconsistency, but he said, “The Trump administration is determined to carry out the greatest mass deportation operation of history by implementing the Federal Migration Law and removing Joe Biden’s numerous, unjust illegal deportation operation by removing the numerous, unjust illegal aliens,” he said.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice, Outlet, said that there was no disconnection between court applications and public statements of the White House.
“All Trump administration is united to fully implement the immigration laws of our country, and Doj continues to play an important role in defending the president’s deportation agenda in court”.
Trump at various points during the 2024 election campaign, Targeting 15 to 20 million people who are not documented in the United States to be deported.
As of 2022, there were 11 million documents living in the United States.
