Actually, I think it's John and Ken on the west coast who have literally stomped Asa into submission on this. He embarassed himself something fierce on their show, and they are running a very effective 'human sacrifice' effort to raise the visibility of this issue. Local congresscritters are running scared.
Some of this move by Asa is smoke and mirrors though. He still won't allow inland sweeps in areas where illegals are known to frequent. One such sweet netted 450 illegals in just a few days.
Police agencies across the nation opt out at will. Los Angeles is a prime example. The feds 'still' don't take illegal immigration serious.
John and Ken whacked Asa's fanny real good last go around.. lol