More than 1 million people living in the United States illegally have been ordered deported by an immigration judge but remain in the country, former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Torres said in an interview on Newsmax Saturday.

Torres, who appeared on “Saturday Agenda,” described how ICE operations target individuals and added that immigration enforcement under different administrations has shifted priorities.

“Huge difference,” Torres said, comparing policies. “Talk about being told to only focus on the worst of the worst, which is really less than 1% of the people that are out there illegally here in the U.S. Suddenly, you are focusing on the worst, but no one is off the table  — night and day.”

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