Trump Reportedly Frustrated Over Pace Of ICE Arrests: 'The Numbers Are Too F---ing Low'

President Donald Trump is reportedly frustrated with the current pace of deportations, telling aides the "numbers are too f---ing low."

NewsNation quoted an aide saying that even though border czar Tom Homan and ICE are "doing a great job," they "have got to do more." The outlet detailed that ICE averaged 787 arrests per day in the last week of January.

The figure is lower than the daily quota ICE was reportedly given, which stands between 1,200 and 1,500 individuals a day. NBC News reported in late January that once source said the quota is meant as motivation, while another said that agents may be penalized for not meeting it. An ICE official speaking anonymously to The Washington Post said the agency's existing list of criminal suspects was long enough to prioritize public safety threats while meeting quotas.

Since ICE has about 5,500 officers nationwide working on immigration enforcement, a staffing level that has remained roughly flat for the past decade, the administration has reassigned personnel from the FBI, U.S. Marshals, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The agency is facing another challenge: Leaks. Both Homan and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem are pointing toward the FBI over leaks regarding upcoming "large scale" ICE immigration raids in Los Angeles. The development came shortly after ICE postponed a raid in Aurora, Colorado, after media reported about the operation, claiming it was putting agents' security at risk.

Homan said he is moving toward finding the person responsible for the latest leak and will make sure criminal charges are pressed. "We're sending a strong message. It's not just giving the bad guys a heads up so they can escape apprehension, giving gangs a heads up so we can't arrest them. You're also putting officers lives at risk. It's only a matter of time before we walk into a place where a bad guy doesn't care and ambush them," he said.

DHS Secretary Noem was also vocal in her criticism of the DBI, calling the agency "corrupt" and saying the department "will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law."

The leaked document, obtained by the LA Times, detailed plans to conduct a "large scale" raid in Los Angeles by the end of February. The operation, led by ICE, was set to focus on undocumented immigrants with pending orders of removal. The outlet quoted an official saying the agency needed "more bodies."

Homan has also criticized the media for reporting on upcoming raids, particularly the one in Aurora. The border czar said the raid targeted the Venezuela-linked Tren de Aragua gang, but the leaks allowed some of them to escape.