Border Czar Tom Homan boasted that since Trump's return to office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has made about 40,000 immigration-related arrests. The vast majority, he claimed, were "public safety threats and national security threats."
Yet, when stacked against the administration's own benchmarks, these numbers are smaller than the big promises made by the Trump administration. Despite a surge in immigration enforcement under President Trump's administration, recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data reveals that ICE arrests are falling well short of the White House's targets.
