美国国土安全部同样坚称，在大规模抓捕行动上并未退缩。记者 夸西·贾姆菲·阿西杜 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普政府誓言，在上周中期选举失利后，不会改变其大规模驱逐计划的方向。
The Department of Homeland Security also insists it is not backing away on the round-up. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu US President Donald Trump's administration has vowed not to change course on its mass deportation plans after last week's midterm elections defeat.
白宫在给英国广播公司（BBC）的一份声明中说：“本届政府不会放缓逮捕和驱逐恐吓我们社区的犯罪非法移民的努力。”
"This administration will not slow down its efforts to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens who terrorise our communities," the White House said in a statement to the BBC.
特朗普周五提拔移民强硬派斯蒂芬·米勒担任白幕僚长，已表明政府在边境安全问题上不会退让。
Trump's promotion on Friday of immigration hawk Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff had signalled no climbdown from the administration on border security.
出口民调显示，移民是中期选举选民关注的第三大重要议题，仅次于经济和民主现状。
Exit polls indicate immigration was the third most important issue for midterm voters, after the economy and the state of democracy.
在得克萨斯州等历史上的保守州，拉美裔选民向民主党倾斜，帮助该党锁定了国会两院的压倒性多数席位。
In historically conservative states like Texas, a swing of Latino voters towards Democrats helped seal the party's landslide congressional majorities.
但多位美国官员消息人士向BBC的美国合作伙伴哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）透露，政府将中期选举失利归因于对经济、负担能力以及与伊朗冲突的担忧，而非其移民打压行动。白宫周日坚持表示，不会改变方向。
But multiple US officials sources told the BBC's US partner CBS that the administration had put the midterm losses down to concerns about the economy, affordability and the war with Iran, rather than its immigration crackdown. The White House maintained on Sunday there would be no change of direction.
白宫发言人劳伦·比斯说：“从未有哪位总统在移民执法问题上比特朗普总统更强硬。”国土安全部（DHS）也表示将继续推进。
"There has never been a President stronger on immigration enforcement than President Trump," said White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also said it would forge ahead.
国土安部发言人告诉哥伦比亚广播公司：“移民与海关执法局（ICE）绝不会退缩或放缓脚步。”
"ICE is NOT backing away or slowing down," a DHS spokesperson told CBS.
“在特朗普总统和穆林部长的领导下，国土安全部将继续执行我国法律，将犯罪非法移民从我们的街头清除出去。”
"Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Mullin, DHS will continue to enforce our nation's laws and remove criminal illegal aliens from our streets."
周二选举结果出炉后，副总统J·D·万斯似乎对调整移民策略持开放态度。
Following Tuesday's results, Vice-President JD Vance had appeared receptive to adjusting their immigration strategy.
万斯在一篇反思选举结果的长篇网络帖子中写道：“我对我们应该改变执法方式这一想法持开放态度——例如更多地关注雇佣非法劳工的企业。”
"I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement - by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labour, for instance," Vance wrote in a lengthy online post reflecting on the results.
但白宫的立场似乎在特朗普于周五提拔斯蒂芬·米勒出任新任幕僚长后变得更加强硬。
But the White House's posture appears to have hardened after Trump promoted Stephen Miller on Friday to become his new chief of staff.
米勒被广泛视为特朗普第一任和第二任总统任期内政府强硬移民政策的设计者。
Miller is widely seen as the architect of the administration's hardline immigration policy during the first and second Trump presidencies.
美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）消息人士告诉哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS），近几周官员们被指示将每天逮捕非法移民的目标定在约2700人，较早前每天2000人的逮捕目标有所上调。
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sources told CBS that in recent weeks officials have been instructed to aim for about 2,700 arrests of illegal immigrants per day, an increase from an earlier 2,000 daily arrest target.
今年的执法清剿行动在芝加哥、明尼阿波利斯和洛杉矶等城市引发了反ICE示威。
Enforcement sweeps this year spurred anti-ICE demonstrations in cities including Chicago, Minneapolis and Los Angeles.
在明尼阿波利斯，两名美国抗议者雷妮·古德和亚历克斯·普雷蒂被移民执法人员击毙。
In Minneapolis, two US protesters, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were fatally shot by immigration agents.