Three days after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declared an early accomplishment: the arrest, and deportation, of hundreds of immigrants she alleged were convicted of crimes. “We’re getting the bad, hard criminals out,” Trump told reporters the next day.

All illegal immigrants that have been arrested by immigration authorities in recent days are criminal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his goal of curbing illegal immigration.

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

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said "all" undocumented people are "criminals," but immigration legal experts say that is unconstitutional.

The Justice Department joined immigration and other federal agency officials in Chicago over the weekend to carry out the Trump administration’s deportation operation — seemingly the start of a larger crackdown the president messaged during the 2024 presidential campaign.

The Trump Administration has been highlighting immigration enforcement efforts that have been occurring since the new president was sworn in. That includes deportation flights.

In a display of force aimed at increasing arrests and generating publicity, the administration targeted the nation’s largest city, where sanctuary policies limit cooperation with ICE.

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement plans featured a highly visible role for the military and federal agents in tactical gear.

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

would ramp up significantly under new quotas reportedly put in place over the weekend by the White House. Each U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field house – there are 25 scattered ...

Migrants across the U.S. and Arizona faced the spectre of ICE raids under the new administration of President Donald Trump.