It is designed to help incarcerated people who are vulnerable to being transferred by ICE following their release.

O fficials from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are reportedly pleading for former agents to return to service as the agency, recently made the largest law enforcement operation in the country, struggles to keep pace with the Trump administration 's unprecedented arrest quotas.

The Trump administration has dramatically curtailed the ability for those facing deportation to be released from immigration detention.

In at least two documented cases, guards reportedly used a full-body restraint device known as “The Wrap”, a straightjacket-like apparatus with handhold straps.

Jose Luis Zavala, a gardener, was one of thousands of immigrants swept up last month in President Donald Trump’s massive immigration crackdown. Now he’s in a Texas detention center.

Joseph Cox, reporter at the tech news site 404 Media, has been following all of the surveillance tech ICE agents are using to identify undocumented immigrants. More recently, he said, the agency is getting hold of many databases to dig through for potential targets.

The "big, beautiful bill" signed into law​ by President Trump last week will allow him to dramatically expand his immigration crackdown.

An ICE memo was issued on July 9 by Acting Director Todd Lyons. Migrants may be deported to "third countries" with minimal notice. In "exigent circumstances," deportation can occur within six hours. No requirement to ask migrants if they fear persecution in the destination country.

When Mr Trump took office, there was a long list of obstacles that made mass deportations unlikely. There weren’t enough ICE agents, detention beds or airplanes to arrest people, then house and return them.

Former and current ICE officials and agents told The Atlantic morale is low due, in part, to the relentless pressure from the Trump administration to arrest people.

There is no evidence that Immigration and Customs Enforcement dropped off immigrants in the middle of the ocean. An immigration activist who has tracked ICE flights for over five years said the claim is baseless.

Democrats in California, New York and other states are trying to prevent ICE agents from concealing their identity