Former officials said the Trump administration’s push for the agency to detain record numbers of undocumented immigrants increases the chances of mistakes.

They are also encouraging migrants in the U.S. to return to their home countries on their own. Trump has offered $1,000 and a free commercial flight to people willing to “self deport.” But even with that incentive, immigrants aren’t leaving the country at the pace Trump promised.

The latest arrests suggest tensions are increasing ahead of the weekend, when more demonstrations are planned.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — often dressed in plainclothes — are now arresting immigrants at courthouses nationwide, sometimes moments after their hearings end. Why it matters: The courthouse crackdown is part of a sweeping Trump administration effort to fast-track removals and increase the number of deportations this year — a strategy that's dramatically expanding who gets targeted and how.

Many of the people arrested at appointments had been released under a program for those deemed not to be threats to public safety.

In emails sent to rank-and-file agents last weekend, leaders suggested that agents get creative to detain more suspects.

As Donald Trump revamps his promised nationwide crackdown on immigration, federal authorities are taking more aggressive measures to detain immigrants.

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The motion is part of a lawsuit challenging the administration's expansion of the process which allows the government to quickly expel migrants.