A coalition of immigration advocacy groups aligned with President Donald Trump is urging the administration to expand deportation efforts, including targeting employers who hire undocumented workers and exploring the use of tax records to identify individuals working under fraudulent Social Security numbers.
The group, known as the Mass Deportation Coalition, released a 104-page policy proposal outlining its recommendations. The report argues that the administration’s initial approach—focused on individuals with criminal records—has not met projected enforcement targets.
According to the group, current deportation levels average about 1,250 per day, a pace they say would fall short of reaching 1 million removals within the year, the Washington Times reported.
“Worksite enforcement is the most critical missing enforcement policy for the Trump administration to get on track and meet his agenda,” the coalition said in a statement. The plan includes raiding job sites, penalizing employers, restricting undocumented immigrants’ access to banks, and seizing assets. The coalition stated that the risk of losing vehicles, bank accounts, or tools “would encourage voluntary departure.”
Polling cited by the coalition suggests broad support among respondents for stricter enforcement measures, including employer audits, penalties for businesses, and financial penalties tied to the use of fraudulent Social Security numbers.
The policy push comes amid broader changes within the administration. Trump recently removed Kristi Noem following a controversial immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that led to protests and the deaths of two U.S. citizens – Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Her successor, Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, has indicated he will pursue a lower-profile approach to enforcement as the administration continues to review its broader immigration strategy.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to allow the administration to move forward with ending temporary deportation protections for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants.
The request for emergency relief is the latest development in legal disputes stemming from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to terminate Temporary Protected Status for several countries. Ending the designation would make affected immigrants eligible for deportation.
The Supreme Court has previously allowed the administration to roll back similar protections for Venezuelan migrants, while a separate request involving Syrian immigrants remains pending before the court. Haiti was first granted Temporary Protected Status in 2010 after a devastating earthquake killed more than 300,000 people and caused widespread destruction across the country.
During his first administration, Trump moved to rescind Haiti’s TPS designation. However, litigation delayed the implementation of the decision before he left office. After Trump was sworn in for his second term, Noem announced steps to end Haiti’s TPS designation, with the change scheduled to take effect Feb. 3.
In announcing the decision, Noem said ending the protections reflected “a necessary and strategic vote of confidence in the new chapter Haiti is turning” and aligned with the administration’s broader foreign policy approach toward a “secure, sovereign, and self-reliant Haiti.” She acknowledged that some conditions in the country remained concerning, but said certain areas were suitable for return.
In December, five Haitian nationals filed a lawsuit challenging the termination of TPS and sought to block the move. A federal district court granted their request last month, concluding in part that the decision to end the designation was likely motivated by racial animus, without providing any evidence to justify that determination.
“Kristi Noem has a First Amendment right to call immigrants killers, leeches, entitlement junkies, and any other inapt name she wants,” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden appointee and first LGBTQ federal judge, wrote.
“Secretary Noem, however, is constrained by both our Constitution and the [Administrative Procedure Act] to apply faithfully the facts to the law in implementing the TPS program. The record to-date shows she has yet to do that,” she added.