The administration of U.S. President, Donald Trump, has raised its target for daily arrests of illegal immigrants to 1,800, the New York Post reported, citing multiple sources.
Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that Trump had expressed disappointment with the results of his mass deportation campaign.
He instructed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ramp up arrests from a few hundred per day, between 1,200 to 1,500.
“The Trump administration is now requiring ICE to make at least 1,800 arrests a day, setting a target of at least 75 arrests for each of the agency’s 25 offices,’’ the report said.
Since taking office, ICE has made over 4,500 arrests and conducted raids in several major U.S. cities, including New York, Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston, the report said.
The White House has reportedly called for even higher enforcement rates.
Trump said after his January 20 inauguration that he would put efforts to immediately stop irregular migrants from crossing the U.S. border and begin the process of extraditing millions.
Trump also declared a nationwide state of emergency over the situation at the southern U.S. border.
