White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller reportedly threatened to fire 10% of ICE field office leaders with the least amount of monthly migrant arrests, the latest show of discontent with the pace of deportations so far in the Trump administration.
The threat took place during a tense May meeting that preceded a shakeup in the agency, NBC News reported, and where Miller demanded that arrests climb to an average of 3,000 a day. The outlet added that Miller also dismissed arguments that agencies were focusing on migrants with serious criminal records. At one point, Miller reportedly questioned why agents were not conducting arrests at locations like "Home Depot" or "7-Eleven."
