The Trump administration is planning to deploy hundreds more federal personnel to ramp up arrests of undocumented immigrants as soon as this week, according to two sources familiar with the planning,

Washington and 19 other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday, claiming it illegally conditioned billions of dollars in federal funding on immigration enforcement.

A coalition of 20 states sued the Trump administration over its threats to withhold funding from states that do not comply with federal immigration policy. Last month, President Donald Trump signed executive orders directing federal agencies to make note of “sanctuary cities” in noncompliance with his immigration agenda.

The administration accused the Georgetown University academic, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, of " spreading Hamas propaganda."

Badar Kahn Suri, who has been held in Texas since March, is expected to return to Virginia after a federal judge found he raised substantial First and Fifth amendment claims.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral scholar at Georgetown University who was arrested and targeted for deportation last month by the Trump administration.