Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appear to have stepped up their detention of unauthorized immigrants, taking more than 500 people into custody on Thursday, almost twice the average number of daily arrests late last year.

The far-reaching move empowers federal immigration agencies to target a population of migrants who came to the U.S. with the government's permission.

The Trump administration is empowering federal immigration officers to consider whether to strip temporary legal status from migrants who entered through former President Joe Biden's signature "parole" programs in an effort to ramp up deportations to record levels,

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Friday that it is expanding a fast-track deportation authority nationwide, allowing immigration officers to deport migrants without appearing before a judge as President Donald Trump seeks to make good on a sweeping agenda of removing everyone who is in the U.S. illegally.

The numbers could indicate that the Trump administration’s show of force has so far outpaced the government’s ability to quickly deport more migrants.

We aren’t going to change anything," Lafayette Police Chief Scott Galloway said. “We’ve never gone out and picked somebody up for them.”

Kansas State Department of Education urges districts to follow state, federal law after repeal of U.S. immigration enforcement limits for school property.

At least 27 agencies across the nation are currently listed as having submitted applications to the program, including agencies in Texas, Georgia, Montana, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Nearly half of the pending applications are from Florida law enforcement agencies.

The Trump administration this week threatened local officials with prosecution if they interfere with its planned immigration crackdown.

The “non-regulatory guidance” on immigration enforcement actions was issued two days after President Trump was inaugurated for his second term.

More than a million migrants who were allowed to enter the United States during the Biden administration can have their temporary stays revoked and be rapidly deported, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement document that became public Friday.