Federal agents seeking to deport undocumented immigrants conducted “immigration enforcement efforts” in Los Angeles over the weekend, just days after newly reinstalled President Donald Trump issued executive orders to crack down on illegal immigration.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s L.A. division shared images on social media of DEA personnel participating in the “enforcement efforts” on Sunday, Jan. 26.

One post on X said the DEA assisted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other federal law enforcement partners with the efforts and that agents “conducted enhanced targeted operations throughout L.A.”

The DEA’s Los Angeles office posted these images on social media on Monday.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency currently defines “targeted enforcement operations” as “planned arrests of known criminal aliens who threaten national security or public safety.”

It is unknown where exactly the L.A. raids took place or how many people were arrested.

A spokesperson for the DEA said Monday she was not authorized to provide additional details beyond what the agency had already shared on social media.

ICE did not immediately respond to a request for more information.

The Los Angeles City Council in December adopted an ordinance to make L.A. a “sanctuary city,” and declared that city resources and personnel would not be used to help immigration officials in enforcing federal immigration laws.

Since Thursday, Jan. 23, ICE has arrested more than 2,300 people nationwide, including 956 people on Sunday alone, according to the agency. Operations have been carried out in cities including Newark, N.J., Chicago and Honolulu.

Since resuming office last week, Trump has moved swiftly to fulfill a campaign promise to crack down on illegal immigration.

On his first day back in office, the president signed executive orders to beef up security along the U.S southern border.

And Tom Homan, Trump’s “border czar,” said in a recent interview with ABC News that while immigrants who are considered a safety threat would be targeted first for deportation, ultimately, “if you’re in the country illegally, you’re on the table.”

“Right now, it’s concentrated on public safety threats, national security threats, as a smaller population,” Homan said. “So we’re going to do this on priority basis, as President Trump’s promised, but as that aperture opens, there’ll be more arrests nationwide.”

To further the president’s plans for mass deportation, the Trump administration announced Friday it was expanding a fast-track deportation authority to allow immigration officers to deport migrants without first appearing before a judge.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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