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.

President Trump's "Border czar" Tom Homan and other top officials oversaw immigration enforcement efforts in Chicago on Sunday, as ICE officials announced 956 arrests in one day on Sunday Why it matters: The largest number of single-day arrests announced by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Trump took office last Monday and declared a national emergency on the U.

The Trump administration is aiming to arrest 1,200 to 1,500 people per day for immigration violations, more than double recent levels, the Washington Post reported Sunday, as President Donald Trump vows to conduct the “largest deportation operation” in U.