There has been consistent deportations every year for decades. Obama was more aggressive than trumps first term and Biden used title 42 expulsions to remove 3 million which puts his single term numbers up to around 4 million people which is over 4x greater than trumps first term. The entire current immigration drama is theater to normalize federal paramilitary in our cities it has very little to do with the business of deportations. Even with a massive budget the trump admin will likely not beat Bide’s number. I have no problem with the forced removal of illegal immigrants, people should respect our laws. I have a problem with the narrative that what ice is doing currently is the only way or is the preferred way. This is a choice being made to hype up the maga retards and piss off the city dwellers who have to feel the weight of a federal force. This force is laughably bad at their job and mostly just the dregs of the unemployable in the traditional law enforcement and military circles. The play book is simple. Make the process of deportations visible and violent. Make the holding pens inhumane and despairing, and make the final destination arbitrary and without due process. This creates fear and resistance and correctly crafts a narrative that ICE is to be resisted(all government over reach should be). Trump gets his conflicts with the radical left and can distract everyone from his Epstein issues and the rapidly shrinking importance of the US on the world stage .