Vice President JD Vance said he expects the number of deportations to increase as the Trump administration moves to step up efforts to eliminate illegal immigration from the country from gaining operational control of the tropical border.
The White House works to fulfill President Donald Trump's campaign promises Massive deportation The immigrants who illegally entered the country in the past four years of the Biden administration.
“we Cutting illegal boundary intersections Well above 95%, frankly, I think these numbers will continue to go on,” Vance told “Ingraham Angle” and “Ingraham Angle” in an interview with the White House.
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“You have a underfunded immigration detention facility,” he said. “You have ice. It's doing most of the actual deportation, fundamentally underfunded, and in some ways that have actually been destroyed by the Biden administration, we're building that capacity.”
The Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) El Paso Processing Center was depicted on February 13, 2025 in El Paso, Texas. ((Photo by Justin Hamel/AFP by Getty Images))
When Trump took office in late January, he signed numerous executive orders related to immigration, declared “invasion” at the southern border and deployed US troops.
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Reuters Reported last month The administration deported 37,660 people in Trump's first month, below the monthly average of elimination in the Biden administration's last year.
On Tuesday, March 4th, 2025, the US Mexico border fence in Nogales, Arizona, USA. (Photographer: Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Vance said Fox News The deportation of host Laura Ingraham will take time, but the administration is working to make progress and increase numbers.
He praised the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Chief Christie Noem For her public information campaign, she calls for illegal immigrants to self-swash and “border emperor” Tom Homan to reuse one CBP app to achieve Trump's immigration goals.
“Do you remember that? It actually encouraged illegal entry under the Biden administration,” Vance said.
“We're reusing it Promote self-report. So, what we encourage many people to do is that we don't have to come and knock on your door and send you home. Of course, I'm going to do that. But before that happens, why not take a plane and head home? So it's all about the approach. Use everything you can. ”
US Vice President JD Vance (R) speaks with Governor Greg Abbott upon arriving at the US Border Patrol Eagle Pass South Station to visit the US Mexican border at Eagle Pass, Texas on March 5, 2025. ((Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images))
The White House is struggling to increase the number of deportations due to limited space in the US immigration and customs enforcement detention.
A DHS official told NBC News They work together Marshall Services, the Department of Defense, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons have increased bed space while seeking more resources from Congress.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegses said in late January that some criminal immigrants were on Will Cain Show. Moved to Guantanamo BayUS Navy Base in Cuba, the process unfolds temporarily to repatriate them to their homeland.
Two of us Defense officials told Fox News Forty immigrants detained in Guantanamo Bay, commonly known as Gitomo, have been sent back to the United States and are now detained in Louisiana.
It is unclear why they were sent back and whether the US will continue to retain immigrants there.
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Currently, no immigrants are being detained on Gitmo, and there are no flights scheduled to arrive with more immigrants.
Liz Friden of Fox News contributed to this report.
