Armed With New Slush Fund, 'Lawless and Rogue' ICE Arrests 10,000+ in Just Five Days | Common Dreams

Ordered by the Trump ++White House++ to aggressively increase arrest rates, federal ++immigration++officials have reportedly detained more than 10,000 people in just the last five days, intensifying fear in communities across the ++United States++.

The ++New York Times++, which was ++first to report++ the new detention figures late Wednesday, noted that ++Immigration and Customs Enforcement++ (ICE) officials were “told that 2,000 arrests a day was the new standard for enforcement.” The agency, flush with cash following President Donald Trump’s signing of a reconciliation package containing ++another $70 billion for immigration enforcement++, has been instructed to assign 80% of its officers to “arrest operations,” according to the Times.