Trump's immigration crackdown by the numbers: Deportations, arrests and more
Latino Republican lawmakers who approve of Trump are toeing a fine line between supporting his immigration crackdown and standing by their constituents.
In the three weeks since President Donald Trump took office, Americans have witnessed a frenzy of arrests and deportations.
But the president is beginning to run into the hard reality of limited resources, raising questions about whether this administration can keep up the pace.
The speed of deportations is proving too slow for Trump. He has turned up the pressure on the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and his advisers to deport more people, sources told NBC News.
Although at the start of the week Trump had expressed confidence in his immigration enforcement operation, by late Tuesday the top two officials in ICE's enforcement division had been demoted, officials confirmed to NBC News. The demotions were first reported by The Washington Post.
ICE did not respond to questions about the latest immigration enforcement numbers. There also was no response to a request for comment on the pace of arrests and the cost of the operations.
Rating: 5