Trump's campaign promises, coming to fruition: "Until June, deportations had lagged behind immigration arrests and detentions," reports The New York Times. "By the first week of August, deportations reached nearly 1,500 people per day, according to the latest data, a pace not seen since the Obama administration."
So far during President Donald Trump's second term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported 180,000 people. The administration aims for 1 million this year, but if current numbers hold, it'll be closer to 400,000. Stephen Miller, the ardent immigration restrictionist who has Trump's ear, said on Fox News in late May that ICE would set a goal of a "minimum" of 3,000 arrests a day—far more than what it's currently logging. But that's beside the point: The administrat