Trump warns that ICE raids haven't yet gone far enough
Under his same rhetoric, Trump insisted that ICE raids have not yet reached the goals planned at the beginning of his second term
The Donald Trump administration hinted at an upcoming reorganization within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which would seek to transform the operation of the agency in charge of carrying out deportations in the United States, given that the goals have fallen short.
That's why the president himself asserted that the ICE raids “haven't gone far enough.”
“I think they haven't gone far enough because we've been stopped by the judges, the liberal judges that Biden and Obama appointed,” Trump told CBS News.
Despite this, ICE violence in its raids could end up costing the Donald Trump administration millions of dollars due to a wave of lawsuits filed against the authorities by American citizens who suffered through it.
The lawsuits have arisen in states like California, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Alabama as a result of ICE's violent actions, with arrest testimonies going viral because of the way people were thrown to the ground, restrained, and taken into custody.
However, Trump downplayed these legal actions and said he had no problem with the tactics used by ICE “because you have to get people out.”
In an interview for CBS's 60 Minutes, Trump He reiterated that he is pursuing his goal of mass deportations.
Hence, it was revealed days ago that his administration plans to replace several ICE field office chiefs for failing to meet detention targets, and several media outlets, such as the Los Angeles Times, indicated that the replacements will come from the Border Patrol.
According to NBC News, Trump's top advisors were pleased with the Border Patrol's more aggressive tactics for securing arrests, such as rappelling down buildings from Black Hawk helicopters and jumping out of rental trucks in Home Depot parking lots.