His, and Trump’s, weapon of choice has been Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), though technically it’s run by the Department of Homeland Security. ICE on any given day has 65,800 people in detention, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Since Trump took office for the second time in January 2025, over 3 lakh persons have been arrested by ICE; and 5.9 lakh have been deported. Amit Shah, who thinks he’s next in line after Modi—no doubt he sees Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as clueless—is in for a rude awakening. Similarly, for Stephen Miller, his fellow Americans diligently keep a record of each ICE incident of brutality.