Mass Deportation Coalition

Purpose

President Trump can fulfill his signature campaign promise to “conduct the largest mass deportation operation in American history.” Last year’s efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to highlight the ‘Worst of the Worst’ raised the public profile of immigration enforcement. Now it is time to move to the second phase: removing large numbers of deportable aliens from the country expeditiously.

This group of immigration law and policy experts, former senior and rank and file law enforcement officials, advocates, and supporters will produce a public plan by April 1 to achieve a bare minimum of 1,000,000 ICE interior removals in 2026, so that by 2027 and 2028 the Trump Administration can build off that logistical, operational, and policy framework to scale deportations to exceed the enforcement efforts of President Eisenhower, as promised.

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Principles

From “Worst-of-the-Worst” to “Phase II: Mass Deportations” ▼

Prioritization of criminal enforcement policy, also known as “worst-of-the-worst,” is rooted in the Clinton Administration and morphed from the exception into the rule during the Obama and Biden Administrations. It is unwarranted in the Trump Administration as it creates an operational cap on enforcement results. Focusing the bulk of removal resources on a small subset of the removable population results in small removal numbers. Instead, the Phase II focus should be on populations that are easier to remove such as deportable aliens with final orders of removal and visa overstays, and policies like worksite enforcement.

Worksite Enforcement ▼

Worksite enforcement is the most critical missing enforcement policy for the Trump Administration to get on track and meet his agenda. This coalition stands by the key findings of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, led by former Representative Barbara Jordan (D-TX). Too many in Congress have shown disdain for the enforcement of our laws.

Whole of Government Approach ▼

Meaningful numbers of self-deportations will only occur when ICE deportations significantly increase and there is a whole-of-government effort to encourage deportable aliens to leave.

Complete Data Transparency ▼

Regular and complete data transparency from the Trump Administration is a requirement to achieve confidence that the administration is still pursuing his signature campaign promise, which will be his defining policy legacy.

Meaningful Metrics ▼

ICE Interior Removals are defined as a combination of:

Expedited Removals from the Interior of the United States;
Reinstatement of Removal;
Administrative Removals (e.g. aggravated felons);
Removal Orders from an Immigration Judge; and
Voluntary Removals with active government participations, such as usage of the CBPHome App.

While the government, over the course of several administrations, has used different components and definitions to arrive at deportation/removal numbers, we will consolidate public understanding of removals as this metric of ICE interior removals.

Not included in the ICE interior removals are: turn backs, maritime interdictions, timely self-departures, untimely self-departures. A subset of untimely self-departures would include CBP Home App completions.