U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, averaging more than 1,500 arrests and removing 1,100 people daily. This record number of immigrant arrests and deportations represents a rise of roughly 15 percent over the count in June.
The current surge follows a significant increase from the month before President Donald Trump took office, when monthly immigration arrests hovered just above 8,000 and primarily involved transfers from state or local detention facilities. Although the administration has moved away from the high-profile, militarized raids that defined its enforcement approach last year, it is quietly ramping up operations.
Texas and Florida accounted for nearly 20,000 of the arrests in July. The agency has been bolstered by billions of dollars from Congress and has hired 12,000 new deportation officers and agents. These efforts come as the White House pushes ICE to hit a target of 2,000 arrests per day.