Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) agents are not expected to be at schools in the nation's capital when classes kick off on Monday, acting director Todd Lyons recently told NBC News.

Newsweek has reached out to ICE for comment via email on Saturday.

Why It Matters

President Donald Trump has pledged to launch the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history. The initiative has seen an intensification of ICE raids across the country, with thousands of people having been swept up, arrested, and detained. Shortly after taking office, Trump threw out Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies to limit where ICE arrests can take place, granting it the right to conduct raids in places of worship, schools, and hospitals.

The nation's capital has been in the limel

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