Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 60
Triple the number of ICE deportation officers
Never delivered“[paraphrase] We will triple the number of ICE deportation officers.”
- Promised
- , Immigration speech, Phoenix, Arizona
- Re-promised
- 5 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Immigration
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
A January 2017 executive order called for 10,000 additional ICE officers, but Congress did not fund the expansion. Enforcement and Removal Operations staffing grew only modestly over the term. PolitiFact rated the promise broken.