people as it can that have these final orders. we re talking about 150,000 people last year detained. 250,000 people deported out of of the country. the other thing that has to be discussed and i think the way that we sort of laid this out this hour is perfect. this is all part of a branding exercise by the president. the detention facilities at the border, the tweets, the announcement of these i.c.e. rates and keep in mind the first announcement of these i.c.e. raids came two weeks ago. this is designed to keep these communities on edge, it s designed to make an impact and fire up the base and drive a wedge between republicans and democrats. the problem is you hear that you ll have this collateral damage, which is people that should not be caught up in these raids will be caught up in these raids. let s go to hans nichols at the white house. what we hear is these are final removal orders. these are i.c.e. agents that are working hard. this is not about them.
and that s a question i think even independents and folks who are in political agree, it sort of common sense. why should we not be able to ask this question. we ve asked it before in previous censuses, so why is this suddenly verboten and we are not allowed to ask it? and this is a classic issue for trump. it s a classic issue for him to sort of take to the american people and i think he thinks he s god the issue on his side. however, you saw chuck schumer, you ve seen what nancy pelosi has said about this, playing the racial car. they are going to use this to fire up their supporters, particularly the hispanic vote. chris: speaking of that, meanwhile there are new reports that those ice rates that people were in the country illegally and have been formally ordered to leave the country, that ice rates are going to start on sunday. they re going to hit 2,000 families, hopefully, they are saying, in ten cities around the country. that s going to create quite a newsstand. that s ki
william barr and commerce secretary wilbur ross by voting to hold them in criminal contempt for not complying with subpoenas related to the citizenship question on the census. it s also part of our oath of office to the american people to let them know, to continue to educate and allow them to examine the record and the motivations of this administration. president trump postpones ice rates to round up illegal immigrants but has hinted they are coming fairly soon. republicans note democrats don t seem willing to address the root causes of the border crisis. all this drama and friction leaves one republican senator to question democrats motives. i think it s making sure trump doesn t have a win, i think that s what it comes back to. it makes no sense. why wouldn t we do some simple things, secure borders. immigration reform is among the toughest issues for lawmakers even in the best of times with today s turbulence finding common ground would seem highly likely. john buried j
actually achieve meaningful change in this country. republicans still hurting from their own stubborn factionalism when they were in the house took pleasure in the democrats interparty skirmish. so to the white house. four democrats that nancy pelosi seems to be in a catfight with these days. fun to watch. they even voted against the democratic aid package buried senator schumer down by the contract noting that progressives call for restricting how border money is spent is a widely held view among democrats. we all want tough restrictions on the dollars, and you will see in a few days i and others will be introducing adulation that will talk about those tough restrictions. still some huge immigration questions, how to handle the surge of the southern border, what to do about the citizenship question on the census, and what to do about president trump s planned ice rates, planned well over two weeks ago and then delayed at the behest of speaker pelosi. will they ever happen?
the decrease in mounted people there. that is why it s valuable to have inspector general drop in at a moments notice who works for the administration to give a report. reporter: the acting dhs secretary says that is to be more balanced enforcement process to handle the influx of migrants illegally crossing the borders. that s why i ve been going to central america to work on the origins of the crisis and address the human smugglers incentivizing and inviting people into this dangerous cycle in the first place. that s where we are enhancing boards or could we best for congress to change laws but also why we need to do interior enforcement. reporter: speaking inventory enforcement president trump s is delayed i.c.e. rates are still on and set to begin sometime after the holiday weekend. this is just what i.c.e. is supposed to do. the fact that we have fallen to the point where we are talking about it like it is news, tells you how far you have fallen in the enforcement side.