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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Adams was sent a letter by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Monday after Chairman James Comer (R. Ky) announced an investigation into sanctuary cities' "impact on public safety and federal immigration enforcement.

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

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

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.