{"id":16138,"date":"2026-10-10T15:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T15:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/?p=16138"},"modified":"2026-10-10T15:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T15:20:23","slug":"leaked-uscis-memo-order-ice-agents-to-make-19000-immigrants-weekly-arrest-republicans-in-panic-mode-as-blue-wave-dominate-midterm-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/leaked-uscis-memo-order-ice-agents-to-make-19000-immigrants-weekly-arrest-republicans-in-panic-mode-as-blue-wave-dominate-midterm-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked USCIS Memo order ICE Agents to make 19,000 Immigrants\u2019 weekly arrest, Republicans in Panic Mode as Blue Wave dominate Midterm Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

*New goal would be the highest apprehension made under the Trump administration<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Deportation Data Project confirms 51,000 immigrants\u2019 detention in August<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*Sanctuary, Hospitals, Workplaces inside DHS\u2019 radar in search of undocumented immigrants<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Republicans worried Trump\u2019s tough on immigration tactics will hurt chances in the midterms<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*\u201cUnder President Trump and Secretary Mullin\u2019s leadership, ICE has been supercharged to find, arrest, and deport illegal aliens from the United States using every lawful tool available. This is promises made, promises kept in action, and the results speak for themselves\u201d<\/span>–<\/strong> Department of Homeland Security <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*BY YOMI BADARU KEHINDE\/Homeland Security Correspondent, Texas, Naija Standard Newspaper Inc USA<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

FOR immigrants, especially undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers, or Green Card (Adjustment of Status) applicants resident in the United States, the administration of President Donald Trump is not smiling and ready to apprehend anyone believing to be in the country illegally or commit any crime or found to aid\/abet in electioneering fraud: such persons will be taken into custody and should be ready to bid Uncle Sam\u2019s nation an abrupt goodbye.<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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In a secret memo sighted from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), directed at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Custom and Border Control (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)agents, these law enforcement officers have been instructed to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people a day.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The new directive is a return to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, a target the agency has struggled to meet in the past.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Leadership also set a weekly goal of 19,000 arrests for agents, accounting for fewer officers working over the weekend.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If met, the new goal would be the highest weekly arrest total ICE has made under the Trump administration.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In June, weekly immigration arrests reached a new high of 12,500, according to the Deportation Data project.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The agency is urging officers to maximize arrests of people it can deport, a source told CNN.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Immigration arrests had already been rising. In August, ICE took around 51,000 people into custody, setting a new monthly record under the Trump administration. That surpassed the previous record of more than 46,000 arrests, set just one month earlier.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ahead of the midterms, the White House wants President Donald Trump to appear strong on his deportation pledge.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

However, some Republicans are worried Trump\u2019s tough on immigration tactics will hurt their chances in the midterms.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Republican\u202fRep. Maria\u202fElvira Salazar, whose South Florida district is heavily Hispanic, recently broke with Trump, speaking to him directly in an ad, \u201cSome of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the new goal, Trump administration officials have maintained that ICE agents have no quotas.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are NO quotas on arrests,\u201d a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the Daily Beast. \u201cUnder President Trump and Secretary Mullin\u2019s leadership, ICE has been supercharged to find, arrest, and deport illegal aliens from the United States using every lawful tool available. This is promises made, promises kept in action, and the results speak for themselves.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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*Photo Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The surge in arrests has strained existing facilities. The department has solicited contractors to build temporary facilities to help accommodate the influx.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTemporary infrastructure is urgently needed to expand secure processing and holding of illegal alien (IA) capacity and non-detained hearing space on site,\u201d the solicitation reads.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The new goals come after the Department of Homeland Security laid out its policy on vehicle stops, which received backlash after some resulted in controversial fatal and non-fatal shootings over the summer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The memo says ICE agents must complete related training courses and ensure their vehicles are equipped with lights and sirens in order to conduct vehicle stops.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

An ICE spokesperson denied the guidance is new and described the memo sent to agents as a \u201creminder\u201d.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the USCIS\u2019 Memo showed that sanctuary- a place of worship to God, hospitals-where people rush into for medical treatment, and workplaces are inside the DHS\u2019 radar in search of undocumented immigrants.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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