Jan. 26 The administration said arrests could pick up quickly: The Washington Post reports ICE officials have been told to aim for 1,200 to 1,500 daily arrests, including at least 75 arrests by each of the agency’s roughly two dozen field offices.

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 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.