Under orders from the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has doubled its daily arrest numbers — without the fanfare of last year’s large urban operations, which backfired and triggered opposition in the country and around the world.
Press reports note that administration officials in recent days ordered top ICE officials to focus more of their officers’ efforts on picking up immigrants they want to deport, according to documents obtained by the New York Times and interviews with federal officials. ICE officers have arrested people at check-ins with immigration authorities, during traffic stops, and on the street. The push has apparently yielded results, with recent arrest numbers roughly doubling from the 1,000 picked up each day earlier this year. ICE officials had been told that 2,000 arrests a day was the new standard for enforcement.
