Tue Jul 08 19:40:00 UTC 2025: **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

**Trump Administration Aims for Mass Arrests of Undocumented Immigrants Following Budget Boost**

**Washington D.C.** – In the wake of the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” former President Trump’s appointed “border czar” Tom Homan is calling for a dramatic escalation of arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Speaking outside the White House on Monday, Homan stated his goal for ICE to arrest 7,000 undocumented immigrants daily, which is more than double the current quota.

“And for those that say 3,000 a day is too much, I want to remind them, do the math, we have to arrest 7,000 every single day for the remainder of this administration just to catch the ones Biden released into the nation,” Homan stated.

This push comes after Trump signed the nearly 900-page bill into law on July 4, granting ICE a substantial budget increase and allowing for the hiring of 10,000 new officers and doubling the capacity of detention centers to 100,000 beds. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLauglin told The Post last week that the law will “turbocharge” Trump’s deportation effort.

The bill allocates $165 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to bolster border security and ICE enforcement. “This $165 billion in funding will help the Department of Homeland Security and our brave law enforcement further deliver on President Trump’s mandate to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens and MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!” said DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

White House advisor Stephen Miller recently pushed ICE to make 3,000 arrests per day, which has filled detention centers to the brim.The Trump administration originally gave ICE a quota of 1,800 arrests a day in January and increased the expectations in May.

The administration’s emphasis on ramping up arrests follows claims that 11.5 million people crossed into the US illegally during the Biden administration, with most released briefly detained and released. It’s the biggest flood of immigrants in American’s history, eclipsing even the days of Ellis Island.The Trump administration arrested 113,000 migrants as of the end of March, The Post previously reported. Miller and Homan have previously expressed frustration at the pace of arrests.

Critics are raising concerns about the potential strain on resources, due process, and the overall impact on immigrant communities.

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