(Tennessee, USA) — ICE has not been backed by any recent news reporting from Saturday, January 3, 2026, or this week in claims that it filed over 8,000 Motions to Deport Migrants.
Search results instead pointed to a wider set of Trump administration immigration enforcement escalations, including plans for expanded ICE funding of $170 billion through September 2029, hiring thousands more agents, opening new detention centers, and picking up immigrants from local jails.
One set of federal actions highlighted in the same materials involved parole programs, including the termination of Family Reunification Parole for entrants from Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador since July 2023.
A Federal Register Notice scheduled for December 15, 2025 publication said their lawful status would be revoked effective January 14, 2026.
The materials also described a series of individual detentions and prosecutions that have unfolded alongside the broader policy push, including a case tied to a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen accused of MS-13 ties and human smuggling, was pulled over in that stop, which involved nine passengers and ended with a speeding warning.
ICE filed that it would not re-detain Abrego Garcia while barred by a December 11 order from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, but would do so if the order was lifted, according to Liana J. Castano, ICE assistant director for field operations.
Court activity in the case has drawn additional attention because of what an unsealed order described as pressure to pursue prosecution after a Supreme Court decision earlier in April 2025.
An unsealed December 3 order by U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw described Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Aakash Singh as pushing the prosecution as a
“top priority”
after an April 2025 Supreme Court ruling favoring Abrego Garcia’s return.
Acting U.S. Attorney Rob McGuire told the court he had sole decision-making authority, according to the same account.
A hearing on a vindictive prosecution motion in the case is set for January 28.
Beyond the Tennessee-linked case, the same materials summarized other enforcement and benefit rollbacks that have been challenged in court or are scheduled to take effect in the coming weeks and months.
They included revoked humanitarian parole affecting hundreds of thousands, with the CHNV program cited in March 2025.
The materials also referenced terminations of Temporary Protected Status affecting nearly 1 million.
One cited fee change added a $5,000 charge for in absentia removal orders under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed July 4, 2025.
The materials also pointed to ongoing litigation over immigration enforcement tactics, including a hearing scheduled for February 5 before U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston.
That hearing was described as addressing enforcement of Thurston’s April injunction against CBP arrests without reasonable suspicion in California’s Central Valley.
Even as the sources described heightened enforcement plans, they also said no sources reported aggregate motions-to-deport figures exceeding thousands in a single filing wave.
The absence of confirmation for an “over 8,000” figure stood out because the same materials were otherwise specific, including naming judges, dates and policy actions, and because some initiatives included multi-year funding totals and defined effective dates.
Plans described in the materials included expanding ICE’s budget by $170 billion through September 2029, steps that would include hiring thousands more agents, opening new detention centers, and collecting immigrants from local jails.
Those enforcement steps were presented alongside benefit restrictions that would affect people who had entered or remained lawfully under specific programs.
Family Reunification Parole for entrants from Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador since July 2023 was described as being terminated, with lawful status revoked effective January 14, 2026, as outlined in a Federal Register Notice scheduled for December 15, 2025 publication.
At the same time, the Tennessee-related prosecution provided a detailed example of how local encounters and federal enforcement can overlap.
Abrego Garcia’s case traces back to the 2022 traffic stop, in which authorities encountered nine passengers and issued a speeding warning, and later moved into federal court litigation involving ICE detention questions and arguments about prosecution motives.
Castano, the ICE assistant director for field operations, was cited as saying ICE would not re-detain Abrego Garcia while blocked by Xinis’ December 11 order, but would if that barrier was lifted.
Crenshaw’s unsealed December 3 order described internal Justice Department attention after an April 2025 Supreme Court ruling favoring Abrego Garcia’s return, including Blanche and Singh urging that the prosecution be treated as a
“top priority.”
McGuire’s response, according to the same description, was that he alone held the decision-making authority.
The vindictive prosecution motion hearing set for January 28 is the next major court date cited in the materials.
Across the broader policy landscape described in the same search results, the actions listed combined removals and detention plans with changes to humanitarian entry pathways and protections.
Revoked humanitarian parole was described as affecting hundreds of thousands, with the CHNV program cited in March 2025, while TPS terminations were summarized as affecting nearly 1 million.
The new $5,000 charge for in absentia removal orders under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, 2025, was also cited as part of that tightening.
The California litigation referenced for February 5 involving Thurston’s April injunction focused on standards for arrests, with the injunction described as barring CBP arrests without reasonable suspicion in California’s Central Valley.
Taken together, the materials portrayed an enforcement environment marked by overlapping initiatives, but without substantiation in those same items for a single reported surge of more than 8,000 Motions to Deport.
For now, the most concrete markers in the records cited were the dates attached to court proceedings and benefit changes, including January 14, 2026 for the revocation of lawful status for certain parole entrants and January 28 for the next hearing in the Abrego Garcia case.
ICE has not provided a public form titled “8,000 Motions to Deport,” but motions to deport/removal are filed using agency and court forms in immigration proceedings; one relevant USCIS resource on immigration forms is 8,000 Motions to Deport (form).
While specific claims of 8,000 deportation motions lack recent confirmation, the federal government is launching a massive $170 billion immigration enforcement expansion. This includes ending humanitarian parole for multiple nationalities and introducing $5,000 fees for certain removal orders. Legal battles continue in Tennessee and California over detention standards and prosecutorial motives, with key court hearings and status revocations scheduled throughout January and February 2026.
