WASHINGTON, D.C: The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said efforts to deport families with orders to leave the country will continue after an upcoming national sweep that President Donald Trump said would start Sunday (Monday in Manila).

Matthew Albence, the agency’s acting director, said targets were on an “accelerated docket” of immigration court cases for predominantly Central Americans who recently arrived at the US border in unprecedented numbers. Similar operations occurred in 2016 under President Barack Obama and in 2017 under Trump.

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