White House Denies 3,000-a-Day ICE Arrest Target
Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm in Camarillo, California, on July 10.
Photographer: Mario Tama/Getty Images North AmericaThe Trump administration is backing away from a widely cited immigration enforcement target, telling a federal appeals court there is no formal policy requiring agents to arrest 3,000 people a day.
The statement was made in a Justice Department court filing last week, defending the administration’s expanded enforcement campaign in Greater Los Angeles, where a judge has temporarily barred agents from targeting individuals based on race, language or location. The case marks a major legal test of President Donald Trump’s second-term immigration agenda and could set limits on how Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates in other US cities.