The Trump administration aims to lower its existing detention standards to encourage more U.S. sheriffs to provide jail space to detain immigrants in the U.S. illegally, Trump's border czar Tom Homan said on Saturday.

On Monday, the Florida Highway Patrol conducted a joint operation with federal immigration officers in Jefferson County to round up 12 people believed to be in the country illegally, one of a number of raids performed around the country as the Trump administration ramps up its plans for mass deportation.

The Trump administration aims to lower its existing detention standards to allow more U.S. jails to participate and open up more bed space to detain immigrants in the U.S. illegally, Trump's border czar Tom Homan said at an event in Washington on Saturday.

Last week, just eight days after President Donald Trump took office, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) conducted a raid at Complete Auto Wash in North Philly’s Juniata neighborhood resulting in the arrest of seven people.