The directive is the latest in a flurry of moves the new administration has taken on immigration.

The acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamin Huffman, has outlined plans to extend immigration enforcement powers to Justice Department agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Marshals Service, the memo quoted in the report showed.

In the early days of President Trump's administration, ICE made over 460 arrests of illegal immigrants, focusing on individuals with violent criminal histories, including Sexual assault, robbery, and drug offenses.