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Washington.– U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained more than 10,000 people in the last five days, an increase that practically doubles the pace of arrests recorded at the beginning of the year, as part of a strategy promoted by the Donald Trump Administration to intensify the enforcement of immigration laws, The New York Times reported this Wednesday.
n” “nAccording to the newspaper, which cites internal documents and interviews with federal officials, ICE leadership recently ordered its regional managers to redouble efforts to locate and arrest immigrants subject to deportation. The arrests have been carried out during immigration checks, traffic inspections, and operations on public roads.
n” “nThe number of arrests has gone from around 1,000 per day at the beginning of this year to nearly 2,000 a day, a goal that, according to three officials cited by the newspaper, the White House conveyed to agents.
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One of them warned, however, that it is not clear how long that level of activity can be maintained.
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n” “nUnlike previous widely publicized operations in cities like Chicago or Los Angeles, the recent increase in arrests has been carried out with a lower profile, without major public displays, after the Administration modified its strategy following the criticism generated by high-impact operations in previous months, the newspaper noted.
n” “nThe increase in arrests comes as Trump insists on accelerating his mass deportation policy, one of the main promises of his second term.
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The immigration offensive also coincides with recent Supreme Court decisions that expanded the Executive’s scope of action on immigration matters, although they limited its attempt to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visitors.
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