Subject: Re: Priority #1 Is Fizzling
Returning to this topic briefly, the acting director of ICE was reassigned due to Administration dissatisfaction with the pace of arrests:

But the latest shake-up comes as top administration officials remain frustrated with the pace of arrests and deportation numbers. ICE arrests increased during Trump’s first weeks in office, but the pace has since slowed — and arrests do not always equal deportations.

Trump’s vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants was his top campaign promise, but his administration continues to face a slew of challenges to operationalize the ambitious undertaking that will take funding, time and additional resources to scale up.

https://www.politico.com/news/...

This is part of what's driving Thune and the Senate GOP to fast-track a border funding package as the first phase of a two-reconciliation process, instead of "one big beautiful bill." It takes money to dramatically increase the rate of immigrant arrests. A small reconciliation package would be able to get that money to the Administration more quickly than the Big Beautiful Bill, which might end up taking quite a long time indeed to get through the House.