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 number of suspects arrested — several hundred per day — has been outpaced by the psychological impact of the attention on ICE operations.

White House says migrant deportation flights with military aircraft have begun Four local community groups – Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Organized Communities Against Deportation, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Raise the Floor Alliance – are all behind the lawsuit.

President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to everyone: “If you enter the United States illegally, you will suffer the consequences,” warned White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. The spokeswoman announced the initial figures for the “largest” deportation operation in the history of the country,