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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested just 35 illegal immigrants last week as part of raids that targeted about 2,000.

President Trump directed ICE to arrest and deport illegal immigrants with court-ordered deportation orders last month, but he delayed Operation Border Resolve several weeks after the plan went public.

The ICE operation began on Sunday, July 14, and targeted thousands of migrants in 10 of the largest cities in the Unites States. While officials expected the operation to yield around 200 arrests, just under three dozen migrants have been detained after the first week, according to government figures obtained by the New York Times.

ICE acting Director Matthew Albence said that the number of apprehensions is low and was likely heavily influenced by efforts to protect and hide illegal immigrants from ICE agents.

“I don’t know of any other population where people are telling them how to avoid arrest as a result of illegal activity,” Albence said. “It certainly makes it harder for us to effectuate these orders issued.”

“You didn’t hear ICE talking about it before the operation was taking place,” he added.

Democrats and immigration activists launched an information campaign intended to reach those illegal immigrants that Operation Border Resolve sought to deport prior to ICE taking action.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged her caucus members to warn illegal immigrants in their districts ahead of the raids, telling Democrats to educate migrants on the best action to avoid deportation should an ICE agent knock on their door.

The New York Police Department ordered its officers not to work with ICE officials operating in the city prior to the deportation action. In Los Angeles, police refused to help ICE and took active efforts to thwart the agency’s operations, such as releasing details about the raids and taking part in a message to migrants that they need not obey ICE agents without a warrant.