While Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has touted an increase in illegal immigrant arrests under President Donald Trump, the agency reportedly still does not have enough space to hold the extra detainees and has been releasing them back into communities. Around 8,000 people have been arrested by immigration officers since Trump returned to the White House on January 20, a marked increase on daily averages under former President Joe Biden. However, NBC News reported that some have been let go under supervision orders. On his return to office, Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, promised ICE raids across the country, targeting known illegal immigrant criminals who posed a threat to American citizens.

Some migrants arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration have been released back into the United States on a monitoring program. That’s according to NBC News, citing five anonymous sources familiar with the matter. Just last week, Straight Arrow News reported that President Donald Trump was requesting ICE field offices ramp up arrests of migrants residing in the country illegally to between 1,200 and 1,500 per day. However, space to house the migrants is limited, and according to law, ICE is not allowed to detain them indefinitely.

Some immigrants arrested last week have been released back into the U.S. on a monitoring program due to space constraints and court orders, reported NBC News. The report comes as President Donald Trump is set to test the limits of his immigration crackdown by invoking a wartime law to deport immigrants alleged to be gang members without court hearings, a broad authority that could supercharge his mass deportation push and potentially sweep in people not charged with crimes.