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Under the Trump administration, Homeland Security will be working to try to detain everyone that it possibly can and also expand its detention capacity footprint well beyond what is currently available in the United States at this point,
Cho said
There’s a limitation on the number of beds available to ICE,
said John Sandweg, who was acting director of ICE under President Barack Obama
The bill's authors claimed it's going to result in the arrest and detention of serious criminals, but it will not do that because it's a totally unfunded mandate,
said Democratic Senator Chris Murphy
For decades, it has been almost impossible for our government to agree on solutions for the problems at our border and within our country,
said Senator Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican
While the bill is not perfect, it sends a clear message that we think that criminals should be deported,
said Representative Tom Suozzi, a New York Democrat who has called on his party to support tougher immigration enforcement
What he's doing is kickstarting what will ultimately be our legislative agenda,
said House Speaker Mike JohnsonThe American people want us to do something about the border and I think we’d be hard-pressed to not say that we have to deport criminals,
Representative Tom Suozzi, a moderate Democrat who voted for the bill, told Reuters
Democrats have not changed on this issue,
Aguilar said in response to a question by ReutersWe will continue to talk about Dreamers and farm workers" and those immigrants who have a legal status in the United States
he addedIf additional resources are provided, a ramp-up period would be needed due to implementation challenges such as hiring, detention bed availability, and contracting/ acquisition timelines,
the memo said
Full implementation would be impossible for ICE to execute within existing resources,
the agency said in a memo to lawmakers this month that was obtained by CNNSpineless. That’s the only word for the 10 Senate Democrats who handed Maga Republicans a gift they didn’t deserve,
Sarah Dohl, chief campaigns officer of the progressive group Indivisible, said last week
Effective January 20, 2025, the functionalities of CBP One™ that previously allowed undocumented aliens to submit advance information and schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available, and existing appointments have been cancelled.”
The Customs and Border Protection website now states