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BumRushDaShow

(165,821 posts)
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:15 AM 13 hrs ago

Immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun, VP Vance promises

Source: USA Today

Updated Jan. 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m. ET


Federal officials say Americans can expect to see even more muscular immigration enforcement in the coming months, with over 10,000 new ICE agents hitting the streets, armed with personal data harvested by private contractors.

Speaking on a Jan. 7 FOX NEWS broadcast, Vice President JD Vance said ICE would be going "door to door" in the coming months as agents carry out President Donald Trump's plans for the largest mass deportation in history. Federal officials say they've now got about 22,000 agents and investigators, up from 10,000 a year ago.

Without providing specific details, White House officials say 2.5 million people living illegally in the United States have already been deported or left under pressure, and promise far more will be leaving one way or another.

Vance's comments were broadcast hours after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman inside her car during a chaotic confrontation.


Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/08/jd-vance-promises-aggressive-immigration-enforcement/88086884007/

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Immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun, VP Vance promises (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago OP
"Ramp up" "crack down"? These are way too polite terms for a repressive brutal murderous regime. Walleye 13 hrs ago #1
See also "chaotic" attempting to deflect blame VTderry 12 hrs ago #2
In the wave of incompetence in this country, writers don't know how to write anymore Walleye 11 hrs ago #3
Going door to door.... Bayard 8 hrs ago #4

Walleye

(43,834 posts)
1. "Ramp up" "crack down"? These are way too polite terms for a repressive brutal murderous regime.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:41 AM
13 hrs ago

Walleye

(43,834 posts)
3. In the wave of incompetence in this country, writers don't know how to write anymore
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 10:09 AM
11 hrs ago

Bayard

(28,594 posts)
4. Going door to door....
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 01:16 PM
8 hrs ago

What a stupid idea. Just asking for these guys to get shot. Then comes martial law, while screaming everyone is a domestic terrorist, and have to be controlled.

They've proved now that the people they hire are untrained, and unrestrained, being paid exorbitant amounts of money and bonuses. Its always been a recipe for disaster.

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