The agenda has so far not met expectations, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents not meeting Trump's daily quota for arrests.

A recent report suggested ICE agents had deported fewer immigrants in February than they had the same month a year prior during the previous administration under Joe Biden - 11,000 in February 2025, compared to 12,000 in February 2024 - according to NBC News.

Trump did not lay out how US officials would determine that a person is a member of the violent, transnational gang in the proclamation.

By using this law, instead of immigration laws that already give him "ample authority" to deport the gang's members, Trump would not have to prove that detainees are part of Tren de Aragua, Katherine Yon Ebright, counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, said in a statement.

"He wants to bypass any need to provide evidence or to convince a judge that someone is actually a gang member before deporting them," she added.

"The only reason to invoke such a power is to try to enable sweeping detentions and deportations of Venezuelans based on their ancestry, not on any gang activity that could be proved in immigration proceedings."

What happens when the President disregards the Judge's orders.

steve... wrote:

What happens when the President disregards the Judge's orders.

I think we'd start seeing large demonstrations and civil disobediance all across the country.

And multiple impeachments if the 2026 election is good for the Dems.