The Trump administration has already deported more than 527,000 illegal immigrants from the country, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday.
At the current pace, federal authorities could deport 600,000 illegal immigrants by the end of President Donald Trump’s first year in office.
However, it still falls short of the Trump administration’s lofty goal of deporting one million illegal immigrants each year.
Last month, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told The Daily Wire that the agency can still make that happen with its push for illegal immigrants to “self-deport.”
The Trump administration is offering a $1,000 bonus and free flights home to those who choose to leave on their own.
Roughly 1.6 million illegal immigrants have already self-deported, according to DHS.
“I think we’re going to see our number, definitely with the CBP Home app and those that decided to leave on their own,” Lyons said.
Assistant Homeland Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said it’s “just the beginning.”
“President Trump and Secretary Noem have jumpstarted an agency that was hamstrung and barred from doing its job for the last four years,” McLaughlin said.
“In the face of a historic number of injunctions from activist judges and threats to law enforcement, DHS, ICE and CBP, have not just closed the border, but made historic strides to carry out President Trump’s promise of arresting and deporting illegal aliens who have invaded our country,” McLaughlin said. “Illegal aliens are hearing our message to leave now or face the consequence: Migrants are now turning back before they even reach our borders. Migration through Panama’s Darien Gap is down 99.99%.”
The latest deportation numbers come amid a major leadership change at ICE, led by Homeland Security senior adviser Corey Lewandowski, sources recently told The Daily Wire.
Several ICE offices across the country will now be led by officials poached from Border Patrol.
The shake-up exposed an internal skirmish between DHS senior adviser Corey Lewandowski and Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan and acting ICE Director Todd Lyons over the mass deportation targets, sources said. Homan and Lyons want more criminals arrested, while Lewandowski is only concerned with increasing numbers.
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