The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has revealed that the number of immigrants arrested by US authorities has soared in the first months of Donald Trump's administration, rising by nearly 40 percent, according to new official figures. Emboldened by President Trump’s stance, immigration agents have embarked on a crackdown of people suspected of being in the country without documents.
The numbers released on Wednesday by Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), are seen as a snapshot of how the new president is carrying through on his campaign promises to make immigration enforcement a top priority.
Overall, 41,300 people were arrested for deportation between January 22 and April 29, a 38 percent increase from a comparable period last year. In contradiction to Trump's past claims that immigrants with criminal convictions would be prioritised for deportation, nearly 11,000 had no criminal convictions.
That is more than double the number of immigrants without criminal convictions arrested during a comparable period last year.
That increase is a result of recent guidance given by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to implement Trump's executive orders on interior immigration enforcement and border security signed on January 25, just days after the Republican president took office.
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