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Although the application of immigration and customs (ICE) has highlighted an increase in the arrests of low illegal immigrants President Donald TrumpThe agency is now dealing with space limitations for detained criminal migrants.
“It has these high objectives, with large numbers, and definitely is not lack of attempt and lack of effort to try to make that a reality, but faces practical problems,” said Héctor Quirog, a specialized immigration lawyer from the Quiroga Bar Association in Spokane, Washington, Fox News Digital.
“Number one, we have problems with how many detention centers and how many beds are available,” he said. “Because, we like it or not, some people should have an audition, and they have to wait somewhere. So we have capacity problems.”
ICE agents arrested seven illegal immigrants during a raid in the operation of the workforce. (Immigration and Customs Control of the United States)
Since President Trump resumed the position on January 20, ICE has significantly Intensified compliance operations.
On January 23, ICE made raids coordinated in the main US cities, which resulted in the arrest of 538 individuals. Subsequent operations have continued at a high pace; For example, on January 29, ICE arrested 956 people, marking the highest daily arrest count under the Trump administration.
During the first month of President Trump’s second term, approximately 8,276 individuals were arrested by immigration officers.
President Donald Trump speaks at the Oval Office of the White House while signing executive orders, on March 6, 2025. (Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)
The Congress, in fiscal year 2024, financed ICE to have 41,500 beds, which cost around $ 3.4 billion annually.
In its annual December 2024 reportICE declared that he had “relatively static bed space”, which “forces the agency to carefully prioritize who stops.”
“Then you have to have some priorities,” said Quirog. “Who do I have and who slow? Well, I want to support people who have a criminal record and others will be released in ankle bracelets or will be required to register.”
“The arrest and the beds and who we are going to have are practical problems, the administration will have to face quite quickly if you want to reach the numbers they promised in the campaign,” he said.
An American flag blows behind a fence covered with Concertina wire in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Maren Hennemuth/Picture Alliance through Getty Images)
A ballup survey Released at the beginning of the Trump administration found that 68% of Americans predict that Trump will control illegal immigration. Only 28% of respondents said they wouldn’t.
Despite optimism, the administration has faced space limitations. A NBC news report He pointed out that some have been left in supervision orders, such as the use of GPS labels.
The limitations of the current space have led officials to establish tents at the United States Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay. However, two American defense officials told Fox News that none of the 195 prepared beds have been used to house migrants, because they do not comply with ice standards.
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Until Wednesday, only 20 migrants were arrested at the base. Sixteen “illegal foreigners of high threat” are arrested at the detention center part of the base, also known as camp 6, and four migrants are arrested in a backup center due to the insufficiency of stores.
The DHS and ICE have not responded to what criteria is used to evaluate whether a migrant is a high threat.
ICE is carrying out flights to eliminate illegal immigrants from the United States and back to their countries of origin. (ICE Seattle)
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ICE has said that it will require additional $ 3 billion due to the need for 60,000 additional detention beds. Additional beds are conducted, in part, by the passage of the Laken Riley Lawwhich requires that the DHS stop illegal immigrants who have been arrested for crimes related to theft.
“Since Laken Riley’s law requires that Ero immediately stops non-citizens, but at least, 64,000 additional detention beds would require, however, this does not explain the mandates of the application of immigration that can put the need for a greater capacity for detention,” said an ICE letter, in response to the questions of the representative Mike Collins, R-GAG.
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In Congress, Republicans are preparing to make significant financing changes through Budget Reconciliation Process. Border security and internal application would probably be the main priorities for Republicans, given the prominence of problems in the 2024 elections.
Fox News Digital has communicated with ICE, DHS and the White House to comment.
LIZ Friden and Adam Shaw of Fox News contributed to this report.
