Julia Ainsley

The migrants participated in two Biden programs that created legal pathways to enter the US and punished those who crossed the border illegally.

One person under consideration for the job is Trump adviser Kash Patel, who is also being considered to lead the CIA, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The plan would also include restarting the policy of detaining parents with their children, known as family detention, which immigration advocates have criticized.

The plan would also include restarting the policy of detaining parents with their children, known as family detention, which immigration advocates have criticized.

The transition team is preparing a list of countries to which migrants might be deported when their home countries refuse to accept them, according to three sources familiar with the plans.

Caleb Vitello, who has decades of experience with the agency, is set to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which will be at the forefront of one of Trump's policy goals, mass deportations.

The long-standing policy has prevented ICE agents from arresting immigrants at so-called "sensitive locations" except under certain circumstances.

The policy preventing agents from making arrests in sensitive locations without approval started in 2011 with a memo sent by then-ICE Director John Morton

Immigration and Customs Enforcement already has a $230 million budget shortfall, even before the costs that will be associated with mass deportations

An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum-seekers being processed June 6, 2023, in New York City.