While President Donald Trump is in the midst of ramping up the federal government’s efforts to deport millions of people currently residing in the U.S. unlawfully, Republican lawmakers in Massachusetts say it’s time to change the state’s practice of ignoring immigration detainers filed by federal officials.

Recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to detain undocumented immigrants across the country, including in Boston, have renewed in Massachusetts the debate over what are known as ICE detainers.

Over the six days reported, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its partner agencies have made more than 4,500 arrests and lodged more than 3,500 detainers on immigrants they say are in