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CNN
29-05-2025
- General
- CNN
White House pressure for increased immigration arrests strains law enforcement agencies
The Trump administration is building up federal manpower and resources to meet the White House's desire to triple the number of daily immigration arrests – signaling a renewed push to go well beyond efforts from previous administrations. The White House is putting intense pressure on law enforcement agencies across the government to meet a goal of a million deportations a year. That's led to a surge of agents and officers across the federal government focusing their attention on arrests and deportation efforts – and in some cases straining resources. At the FBI, hundreds of agents have been reassigned to immigration-related duties, raising concerns among agents that the shift could hinder important national security investigations, including into terror threats and espionage by China and Russia, according to people familiar with the matter. Top FBI officials have provided little guidance to field offices on how agents are expected to increase immigration arrest numbers while also working their top priority cases, the sources said. FBI agents have been told by supervisors not to document moving resources away from high-priority cases toward immigration-related work, according to one person familiar with the matter. FBI agents typically log hours toward specific threats or assignments, but officials appear to be trying to avoid creating a paper trail that would show that the FBI is pulling resources away from national security threats to immigration, the source said. As a result, some field offices are declining to take on new investigations of certain threats. There are also incentive efforts underway. Senior FBI officials in New York this week sent an email to its workforce of more than 1,000 agents promising overtime pay if they helped with 'enforcement and removal operations,' according to an email obtained by CNN. FBI agents who work on the enforcement and removal 'surge' through the end of the fiscal year, which is September 30, could earn a transfer 'to the division of their choosing,' the email said. Some FBI offices in border states have already diverted resources from countering cybercrime toward immigration issues, said a former FBI agent who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve their relationship with former colleagues. 'While the FBI does not comment on specific personnel decisions, our agents and support staff are dedicated professionals working around the clock to defend the homeland and crush violent crime — a mission which certainly overlaps with the consequences of the previous administration's four-year open border policies,' FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson said in a statement to CNN. 'We are proud to work with our interagency partners to keep the American people safe.' Trump officials initially said arrests of immigrants would focus on those who pose public safety or national security threats. And while people who fall under that category are still being detained, the aperture has widened as people without criminal records have been picked up and deported. The all-hands-on-deck-for-immigration approach is raising critical questions inside the FBI and other law enforcement agencies about how they use limited resources to execute their mission. 'Should we have highly trained FBI agents going to support DHS priorities?' the former FBI agent said. 'Is this just a surge that's going to be temporary?' This isn't the first time that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have shifted resources dramatically to address an administration's priorities. After 9/11, for example, the FBI invested heavily in counterterrorism. Previous administrations have had to navigate limited resources and personnel to arrest people inside the US and deport them. Other law enforcement agencies have felt the pressure of the immigration crackdown, too. The US Marshals Service – an agency already stretched thin by increased protection for federal officials and judges in recent years – has diverted personnel to help with ICE deportations, further straining the agency, a law enforcement official told CNN. Immigration arrests have hovered around 1,000 a day, but Trump officials are pushing for that to be tripled as they also seek to accelerate the pace of deportations. White House border czar Tom Homan told reporters last week he was 'happy' with the number of arrests, which, he argued, outpaced former President Joe Biden's administration, but 'not satisfied.' 'We need to arrest three times the amount of people we're arresting right now and more money to allow us to,' he said. Homan reiterated that message on Thursday, saying: 'We've increased the teams a lot. We've increased targeting a lot, so we expect a vast increased number of arrests every day.' Last week, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller took that message to senior ICE officials in a tense meeting, first reported by Axios, where he pushed agents to significantly increase arrests, according to a source familiar with the meeting. 'We are committed to aggressively and efficiently removing illegal aliens from the United States, and ensuring our law enforcement officers have the resources necessary to do so,' White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement to CNN. The administration has bolstered its force of 6,000 ICE agents – all under tremendous pressure to meet quotas that Miller previously called the 'floor, not a ceiling' – by supplementing it with outside agencies, offering overtime and re-assignment incentives to federal agents. Amid the pressure, there's been another shakeup in ICE senior leadership. Ken Genalo, the official leading the branch charged with carrying out arrests and deportations, is retiring, while Robert Hammer, who helms ICE's Homeland Security Investigations is being reassigned, ICE announced Thursday. In its announcement, ICE said 'organizational realignments will help ICE achieve President Trump and the American people's mandate of arresting and deporting criminal illegal aliens and making American communities safe.' But the administration is still limited, without additional funding, in how much it can increase detentions and acquire more planes for deportations. Trump's massive reconciliation bill, which is still winding through Congress, includes billions of dollars for immigration enforcement. In the meantime, the administration is relying on resources available: around 500 Customs and Border Protection officers have been asked to fan out across the country to arrest undocumented immigrants – a responsibility typically handled by ICE. The immigration effort is also expected to include 600 personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration, 300 from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and 300 from the US Marshals Service, according to two sources familiar with planning. CNN requested comment from these agencies. CNN previously reported that DHS also requested 20,000 National Guard members to help with immigration enforcement.
CNN
29-05-2025
- General
- CNN
White House pressure for increased immigration arrests strains law enforcement agencies
The Trump administration is building up federal manpower and resources to meet the White House's desire to triple the number of daily immigration arrests – signaling a renewed push to go well beyond efforts from previous administrations. The White House is putting intense pressure on law enforcement agencies across the government to meet a goal of a million deportations a year. That's led to a surge of agents and officers across the federal government focusing their attention on arrests and deportation efforts – and in some cases straining resources. At the FBI, hundreds of agents have been reassigned to immigration-related duties, raising concerns among agents that the shift could hinder important national security investigations, including into terror threats and espionage by China and Russia, according to people familiar with the matter. Top FBI officials have provided little guidance to field offices on how agents are expected to increase immigration arrest numbers while also working their top priority cases, the sources said. FBI agents have been told by supervisors not to document moving resources away from high-priority cases toward immigration-related work, according to one person familiar with the matter. FBI agents typically log hours toward specific threats or assignments, but officials appear to be trying to avoid creating a paper trail that would show that the FBI is pulling resources away from national security threats to immigration, the source said. As a result, some field offices are declining to take on new investigations of certain threats. There are also incentive efforts underway. Senior FBI officials in New York this week sent an email to its workforce of more than 1,000 agents promising overtime pay if they helped with 'enforcement and removal operations,' according to an email obtained by CNN. FBI agents who work on the enforcement and removal 'surge' through the end of the fiscal year, which is September 30, could earn a transfer 'to the division of their choosing,' the email said. Some FBI offices in border states have already diverted resources from countering cybercrime toward immigration issues, said a former FBI agent who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve their relationship with former colleagues. 'While the FBI does not comment on specific personnel decisions, our agents and support staff are dedicated professionals working around the clock to defend the homeland and crush violent crime — a mission which certainly overlaps with the consequences of the previous administration's four-year open border policies,' FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson said in a statement to CNN. 'We are proud to work with our interagency partners to keep the American people safe.' Trump officials initially said arrests of immigrants would focus on those who pose public safety or national security threats. And while people who fall under that category are still being detained, the aperture has widened as people without criminal records have been picked up and deported. The all-hands-on-deck-for-immigration approach is raising critical questions inside the FBI and other law enforcement agencies about how they use limited resources to execute their mission. 'Should we have highly trained FBI agents going to support DHS priorities?' the former FBI agent said. 'Is this just a surge that's going to be temporary?' This isn't the first time that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have shifted resources dramatically to address an administration's priorities. After 9/11, for example, the FBI invested heavily in counterterrorism. Previous administrations have had to navigate limited resources and personnel to arrest people inside the US and deport them. Other law enforcement agencies have felt the pressure of the immigration crackdown, too. The US Marshals Service – an agency already stretched thin by increased protection for federal officials and judges in recent years – has diverted personnel to help with ICE deportations, further straining the agency, a law enforcement official told CNN. Immigration arrests have hovered around 1,000 a day, but Trump officials are pushing for that to be tripled as they also seek to accelerate the pace of deportations. White House border czar Tom Homan told reporters last week he was 'happy' with the number of arrests, which, he argued, outpaced former President Joe Biden's administration, but 'not satisfied.' 'We need to arrest three times the amount of people we're arresting right now and more money to allow us to,' he said. Homan reiterated that message on Thursday, saying: 'We've increased the teams a lot. We've increased targeting a lot, so we expect a vast increased number of arrests every day.' Last week, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller took that message to senior ICE officials in a tense meeting, first reported by Axios, where he pushed agents to significantly increase arrests, according to a source familiar with the meeting. 'We are committed to aggressively and efficiently removing illegal aliens from the United States, and ensuring our law enforcement officers have the resources necessary to do so,' White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement to CNN. The administration has bolstered its force of 6,000 ICE agents – all under tremendous pressure to meet quotas that Miller previously called the 'floor, not a ceiling' – by supplementing it with outside agencies, offering overtime and re-assignment incentives to federal agents. Amid the pressure, there's been another shakeup in ICE senior leadership. Ken Genalo, the official leading the branch charged with carrying out arrests and deportations, is retiring, while Robert Hammer, who helms ICE's Homeland Security Investigations is being reassigned, ICE announced Thursday. In its announcement, ICE said 'organizational realignments will help ICE achieve President Trump and the American people's mandate of arresting and deporting criminal illegal aliens and making American communities safe.' But the administration is still limited, without additional funding, in how much it can increase detentions and acquire more planes for deportations. Trump's massive reconciliation bill, which is still winding through Congress, includes billions of dollars for immigration enforcement. In the meantime, the administration is relying on resources available: around 500 Customs and Border Protection officers have been asked to fan out across the country to arrest undocumented immigrants – a responsibility typically handled by ICE. The immigration effort is also expected to include 600 personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration, 300 from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and 300 from the US Marshals Service, according to two sources familiar with planning. CNN requested comment from these agencies. CNN previously reported that DHS also requested 20,000 National Guard members to help with immigration enforcement.
Reuters
21-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Canada looking at investments in Golden Dome defense shield, PM Carney says
OTTAWA, May 21 (Reuters) - Canada is looking at potential investments in U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile defense shield, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Wednesday. Trump said on Tuesday he had selected a design for the $175-billion project and named a Space Force general to head the program, which is aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia.
BBC News
21-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Wetin be di US Golden Dome defence system wey Canada also dey interested in?
Di US President Donald Trump don select a design for "Golden Dome" missile defence system wey e tok say go dey operational by di end of im tenure for office. Few days afta Trump bin return to di White House for January, e unveiled im intentions for di system wey e say go aim at countering "next-generation" aerial threats to di US wey include ballistic and cruise missiles. Na about $25bn (£18.7bn) be di new budget bill for di defence system, but govment say e fit end up 20 times more dan dat amount ova decades. A briefing document recently released by di Defense Intelligence Agency say dat missile threats "go expand in scale and sophistication", wit China and Russia actively designing systems "to exploit gaps" wey dey di US defences. How dis 'Golden Dome' defence missile take come be say, seven days into im second administration, Trump order make di defence department submit plans for a system wey go defend against aerial attacks wey White House say na "di most catastrophic threat" wey dey face di US. Wetin be di Golden Dome defence system? Di 'Golden Dome' defence system go consist of "next-generation" technologies across land, sea and space, wey go include space-based sensors and interceptors, according to wetin Trump tok for di Oval Office on Tuesday. According to Trump, di system go dey capable of 'intercepting missiles wey dem launch from di oda side of di world, or launched from space'. Dis defence system wey di US dey introduce bin get di inspiration from Israel Iron Dome, wey di kontri dey use stop rockets and missiles since 2011. Di Golden Dome go dey many times bigger and get design to combat a wider range of threats, wey go include hypersonic weapons able to move faster dan di speed of sound. Also, di Golden Dome go get fractional orbital bombardment systems wey fit deliva warheads from space. Shashank Joshi, defence editor for Economist, tell di BBC say di Golden Dome go work by using thousands of satellites to spot and track missiles and den use interceptors in orbit to fire di missiles as dme dey take off and take dem out. On Tuesday, Trump say di programme go require an initial investment of $25bn, wit a total cost of $175bn ova time. Why Canada dey tok wit US to join di Golden Dome defence system Trump tok say Canada don say dem wan dey part of di system. Howeva, di Canadian govment don come out to say dem dey in tok wit di US ova di plan to join di proposed "Golden Dome" missile defence system, wey go kwanta "next-generation" aerial threats. Prime Minister Mark Carney office say "active discussions" dey go on between Canada and di US ontop security matter, wey include di ones wey dey bifor and new programmes like di Golden Dome. Canada interest to join di proposed Golden Dome system dey come sake of dia ongoing trade and security negotiations between di US two countries. And dis na afta Trump bin threaten tariffs on Canada. According to Audrey Champoux wey be di tok tok pesin for PM Carney, she say Canada get mandate to negotiate a comprehensive new security and economic relationship wit di United States. "To dat end, di prime minister and im ministers dey get wide-range and constructive discussions wit dia American counterparts," she tok. Howeva, she add say e go dey too early to sabi if Canada go pay into di system or how di system go work for di kontri Meanwhile, Canada and di US na alreadi partner on di North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD. NORAD na system wey dey responsible for aerospace and maritime surveillance, warning and defence of di region, and dat fit detect and shoot down cruise missiles.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
China takes another concrete action to maintain global strategic stability: Global Times editorial
BEIJING, May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Saturday evening after wrapping up a state visit to Russia and attending celebrations in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. During the visit, China and Russia released a joint statement on global strategic stability, which emphasizes that states and their associations should not seek to ensure their own security at the expense of other states. This is the third time that China and Russia have issued a joint statement on global strategic stability, following those in 2016 and 2019. It fully demonstrates the importance China and Russia attach to this issue, as well as their responsibility as major countries to strive to maintain global strategic stability. Nuclear weapons are the "Sword of Damocles" hanging over mankind. Before they are completely banned and ultimately destroyed, strategic stability, especially nuclear strategic stability among nuclear-weapon states, is an important guarantee for world peace and security. The international community must place nuclear strategic stability at the core of global strategic stability. Another joint statement issued by China and Russia on global strategic stability will help promote consensus within the international community on global strategic stability, aid in jointly responding to various countercurrents that endanger global strategic stability, and support the maintenance of the international order based on international law and the international system with the UN at its core. "Not fighting a nuclear war" and "avoiding a vicious arms race" have become the consensus of the international community. ASEAN, the African Union, New Agenda Coalition and many non-nuclear weapon states have called on nuclear-weapon states to adopt a policy of not using nuclear weapons first. Today, strategic stability includes not only the avoidance of conflict and confrontation in the military sphere, but also mutual respect and equal treatment in politics; it encompasses not only stability in the nuclear field, but also stability in emerging fields such as outer space, cyberspace, and artificial intelligence. It is important to note that regional hotspots are emerging one after another, and relations between the involved nuclear-weapon states are tense. At this historical juncture, China and Russia have once again issued a joint statement on global strategic stability to defend the post-WWII international order and the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. This aims to implement the principle stated in the Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races, which holds that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought." By doing so, it seeks to effectively reduce the risks of nuclear war and nuclear conflict, eliminate the dangers of a malignant arms race, prevent irresponsible new forms of nuclear proliferation, and curb the spread of conflicts into emerging areas. In terms of injecting positive energy into the maintenance of global strategic stability, the international community can see that China and Russia are taking concrete the joint statement, China and Russia proposed a series of specific and feasible suggestions. For example, the statement emphasizes that preventive steps to avert crises and conflicts should have priority over attempts to "manage" confrontation and its escalation. These points deserve serious attention from the international community. The statement also puts forward clear positions on preventing the weaponization of outer space, fully complying with the Biological Weapons Convention, and addressing the military application of AI technologies, thereby providing direction for improving global security governance in emerging today's world, the fate of people is interconnected, and no country can remain insulated from the rest. Only by jointly upholding a multilateral system centered on the UN and maintaining the international order established since WWII can we achieve common security. As changes unseen in a century accelerate and international security faces turbulence, China and Russia, as victors of WWII, UN founding members, and permanent members of the UN Security Council, have already made and will continue to make unremitting efforts for global strategic stability. At the same time, building a comprehensive, integrated, and sustainable security framework globally also requires the joint efforts of the international community. View original content: SOURCE Global Times Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
