Another protest against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ended with arrests in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday. Protesters returned to the federal immigration courts for a second night of demonstrations in solidarity with the protests in Los Angeles,

Rapid response teams could deploy to help stymie raids, they said.

President Donald Trump directed federal officials to expand efforts to deport migrants in the largest US cities in the face of protests and court challenges, even as his administration is looking to ease the impact of the crackdown on key sectors of the US workforce.

President Trump has listened to alarms from farmers and others and offered a reprieve from immigration raids for the agriculture and hospitality industries.

“I don’t think we should pull back on any kind of enforcement at all,” Cotton said.