Karoline Leavitt Asked What The Quota Will Be For ICE Arrests Following Big Beautiful Bill Passage

At a press briefing on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about ICE arrests

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00:00the United States and our people.

00:02Raquel.

00:03Raquel, go ahead.

00:04On the legal immigrants,

00:06Tom Holman told us this morning

00:08that ICE will have to arrest 7,000

00:10legal immigrants every day for the

00:12remainder of this administration to just

00:14cache the ones that were let in

00:16during the last administration.

00:18I'm wondering what the new resources and manpower

00:20of course given by the big beautiful bill

00:22which of course opens the door for ICE

00:24to hire additional

00:2610,000 agents and officers.

00:28What's the administration's expectations

00:30now for daily arrest numbers

00:32going forward in the upcoming months?

00:34Sure, I'll let the Secretary of Homeland Security

00:36and her department speak on what they're

00:38looking for in terms of daily numbers.

00:40What I can tell you is I receive the daily reports

00:42each morning and ICE is

00:44out there doing the jobs that

00:46they swore an oath to do and they are

00:48removing public safety threats from our communities

00:50every day and our country is

00:52becoming a safer place because of their

00:54efforts. And the one big beautiful bill that

00:56is now law will give significant

00:58resources to ICE and Border Patrol

01:00to continue the tremendous

01:02work that they are already doing and I think

01:04every American who wants to live in a safe

01:06neighborhood should be grateful for their efforts.