The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that 13 people were currently in its jail on detainers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “We are providing support and assistance to our Federal partners with the apprehension of illegal criminals in Mobile County,” Sheriff Paul Burch said.

The Trump administration has assigned arrest quotas to ICE agents, directing them to arrest at least 1,200 to 1,500 people per day. ICE agents have made arrests all over the country, and Sahonic says they have been spotted in Montgomery.

The poultry industry in Alabama is huge. According to the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association, the industry employs 86,000 people in the state. A bird-flu outbreak began in 2022, and egg prices have more than doubled to more than $4 a dozen at the end of last year.

Just days into the new Trump administration, Britt has already been one of the staunchest supporters of the president's anti-immigration agenda.

Across the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are making headlines with thousands of arrests reported in recent weeks.

A memo sent to all superintendents in the state is offering some direction to school leaders if arrests of undocumented individuals were ever to impact Alabama schools.

On Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) touted 538 arrests and 373 detainers lodged against illegal immigrants, with action in New York, Colorado, and Minnesota. Enforcement officials then highlighted work in Chicago, Miami, and New York state over the weekend.

Anyone, including ICE agents, can enter public areas without permission. Examples of public areas include lobbies, dining areas in restaurants and waiting rooms, according to the National Immigration Law Center, a nonprofit advocacy organization known as NILC.

The administration wants to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, increasing the chances that non-criminals will be detained.

According to ICE, nearly 1,000 undocumented immigrants were arrested on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown continues to ramp up.

Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.

Immigrants across South Florida are bracing in anticipation of a wave of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ordered by the Trump administration. The big picture: President Trump has already acted on his promise to crack down on undocumented immigrants through large-scale deportation.