As the Trump administration tries to aggressively increase its number of immigration arrests, “sanctuary cities” are a top target.

A week into Donald Trump’s second presidency and his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, federal officers are operating with a new sense of mission.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s air transportation branch, ICE Air Operations, runs deportation flights. The agency uses commercial or charter planes to fly migrants internationally to their countries of origin or internally to other U.S. detention centers.

The Trump administration intensified efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, making U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a central focus.

The Trump administration posted a thread on social media announcing several arrests made by ICE agents, including at least two in the Seattle area.

Aurora, Colorado, which had been a focus for President Donald Trump during his campaign, will be the next city where an operation is conducted, sources told NBC News.

Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the executive order Monday in response to the Trump administration’s deportation efforts.

Advocacy groups reported the presence of immigration enforcement officers in the Wenatchee Valley over the weekend, sparking concerns of deportation operations ordered by President Donald Trump.

The targets were handed down on Saturday after a middling start to President Trump's promised mass deportation push, the Washington Post reported.

U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider prosecuting them.