United States government officials have placed an emphasis in immigration enforcement in the new administration. The manpower needed to achieve these immigration enforcement goals is potentially beyond the current federal law enforcement workforce alone.

On June 21, 2025, the United States carried out airstrikes on nuclear sites in Iran. In retaliation for these airstrikes, Iran fired missiles at a US military base in Qatar. Shortly after the Iranian missile strikes, a ceasefire was instituted between Israel and Iran. In response to these events, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin that highlights heightened risks to the United States from pro-Iranian groups and the Iranian government. The threats highlighted in the bulletin are physical and cyber-attacks, especially ones aimed at hospitals, water dams, and power plants across the US.

Immigration enforcement has become a major focus under the new administration, a change that affects many federal law enforcement officers and their job duties. The responsibility of managing the more than 7.6 million immigrants in the country without legal status currently falls on about 6,000 ICE deportation agents.

According to recent reporting, the federal government has diverted more than 15,000 federal law enforcement officers away from their regular assignments to assist with immigration enforcement duties. This includes officers from agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; U.S. Marshals; and Homeland Security Investigations. Many of these officers lack specialized training in immigration law, yet will now be tasked with detaining, processing, and other immigration enforcement duties.

President Trump, in an executive order, has called for an increased presence of federal law enforcement within major cities in the United States, beginning with Washington D.C.. The D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force has been created with a focus on ensuring public safety in the city, with promises to follow suit in other major cities when necessitated.