The Trump administration ramped up goals for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make 1,200 to 1,500 arrests per day, the Washington Post reports.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement made 956 arrests Sunday and launched an operation in Chicago, as part of what President Donald Trump has pledged will be the “largest deportation operation” in U.S.

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.

Trump officials reveal generating large numbers of deportations, not apprehending criminals, is the administration’s chief immigration goal.

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.

White House says migrant deportation flights with military aircraft have begun Four local community groups – Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Organized Communities Against Deportation, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Raise the Floor Alliance – are all behind the lawsuit.