ICE made nearly 1,200 arrests on Sunday, an uptick since new president’s first few days in office.

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested sending repeat criminal offenders to foreign countries, suggesting the move may cut the government’s spending on prisons, following an escalation of arrests across the country in recent days as part of what Trump has promised would be the “largest deportation operation” in U.

As the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on immigrants who are in the country illegally, officials and agencies took to social media to publicize the arrests.

Trump's remarks come amid a crackdown on illegal immigration and executive orders that have paved the way for mass deportations.

The highly publicized spike in ICE arrests marks the beginning of Trump’s efforts to create a deportation machine of unprecedented magnitude in the modern era, and a profound shift from his predecessor’s more lenient approach toward deportations from the interior.

Immigration raids across the US have reached their highest point since President Trump's administration took office.