Federal immigration agents have arrested more than 40,000 people on civil immigration charges since President Trump signed executive orders expanding the scope of deportation priorities in January, a 38% increase over the same period last year. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement acting Director Thomas Homan said in a press call Wednesday that Trump has “opened the aperture” of charges that dictate what immigration agents are permitted to prosecute, a departure from the Obama administration’s prioritization of immigrants in the country illegally who have serious criminal convictions. “There is no category of aliens off the table,” Homan said. In late January, Trump stripped away most restrictions on who should be deported. A Los Angeles Times analysis revealed that more than 8 million people…