The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz nationwide Sunday that included multiple federal agencies and resulted in the arrest of nearly 1,000 people, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has rounded up more than 5,000 criminal migrants in less than a week, notching an early milestone in President Trump’s promised clampdown on
Agents from a handful of federal agencies combined to arrest more than 40 people in the country illegally early Sunday during a raid in Adams County, the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said.
The administration wants to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, increasing the chances that non-criminals will be detained.
The Trump administration ... Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement it doesn’t comment on pending litigation. CNN has reached out to the WhiteHouse for comment.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement say they have been executing enforcement removal operations across the nation targeting convicts or those accused of serious crimes.
The administration cannot be trusted to tell us the truth,” said Jerry Gonzalez, CEO of Galeo Impact Fund. “They have lied into what they’re doing right now."
Authorities in Arapahoe County, Colo. had been on the hunt for Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco since September 2024, after doorbell surveillance footage linked him to a home invasion in Aurora, Colo.
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.