Record figure emerged amid new ICE controversy after two fatal shootings of motorists by agents in Texas and Maine

CE agents are now making arrests at a record pace after easing off operations in the wake of two high-profile killings of protesters in Minnesota earlier this year.

More than 1,400 people a day were taken into custody during the first 12 days of July on average, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing internal agency statistics shared with Congress.

The record figure for President Donald Trump’s second term was reached after ICE hit a target of at least 2,000 arrests a day several times this month, a Department of Homeland Security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Post.

The arrest tally emerged amid new ICE controversy after two fatal shootings of motorists by agents in Texas and Maine this month, as well as the death of man who was struck and killed by a tractor trailer while running from immigration and other federal authorities in Florida Tuesday.

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    David Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years, and one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.

    Brouillette’s troubling past further challenges how thoroughly the Department of Homeland Security has vetted recruits as it went on a hiring spree to help carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.