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Immigration

ICE shift in tactics leads to soaring number of at-large arrests, data shows

The agency has moved away from focusing on arresting migrants at local jails to tracking them down in communities as the Trump administration presses to increase deportations, a Washington Post analysis found.

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People in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive at an ICE facility in Franklin Park, Illinois, in September. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post)

The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign has led to a significant change in strategy, as federal officers shift away from focusing on arresting immigrants already held in local jails to tracking them down on the streets and in communities, according to a Washington Post analysis of government data.

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