The high-profile operation appeared to be one of the largest targeted raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since President Donald Trump took office on a promise to deport immigrants with criminal records.

The Trump administration said they were targeting criminals in Denver and Aurora. We asked federal agents how many of the people arrested were violent criminals.

Federal agencies have been carrying out multiple immigration enforcement operations Wednesday in at least four locations in Aurora and Denver.

Federal law enforcement authorities on Wednesday morning conducted immigration raids in Denver and Aurora, multiple agencies confirmed. Why it matters: The raids are the first large-scale immigration enforcement in metro Denver under President Trump,

Federal officials said they were targeting over 100 alleged members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang with prison origins that has expanded throughout the Americas.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement along with the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies are in Denver and Aurora as part of a multi-location immigration enforcement operation Wednesday morning.

Tensions in Kentucky’s immigrant community have been high since the election of President Donald Trump and a flurry of new executive orders regarding immigration enforcement. Since Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration,

Photos posted by federal agencies in recent days indicate immigration enforcement may be ramping up in Alaska, a state without the ICE presence of other more populated regions.