During the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly promised to apprehend and deport millions of people during his administration, including one million per year, but according to Department of Homeland Security officials, the numbers are still far off, with nearly 579,000 individuals arrested by DHS since Jan. 20, when Trump took office.
In order to speed up Trump's mass deportation plan, Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller pushed immigration agencies to increase the daily arrest quota from 1,000 to 3,000 people in May. Ever since the quota was increased, federal immigration agents and other law enforcement partners have been arresting roughly 1,100 people per day in recent weeks, compared to less than 850 per day between Jan. 20 and Oct. 15.
