A week into Donald Trump’s second presidency and his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, federal officers are operating with a new sense of mission.
The Trump administration posted a thread on social media announcing several arrests made by ICE agents, including at least two in the Seattle area.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s air transportation branch, ICE Air Operations, runs deportation flights. The agency uses commercial or charter planes to fly migrants internationally to their countries of origin or internally to other U.S. detention centers.
President Donald Trump has signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and border security.
As the Trump administration tries to aggressively increase its number of immigration arrests, “sanctuary cities” are a top target.
Aurora, Colorado, which had been a focus for President Donald Trump during his campaign, will be the next city where an operation is conducted, sources told NBC News.
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the executive order Monday in response to the Trump administration’s deportation efforts.
Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.
The change by executive order allows federal immigration agencies — Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection — to make arrests at schools, churches and hospitals, ending a decades-old policy.
The targets were handed down on Saturday after a middling start to President Trump's promised mass deportation push, the Washington Post reported.
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said his administration will not work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following an appearance in Harrisburg Monday.