ICE arrests reach record levels in first days of July
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are making arrests at a record pace, averaging over 1,400 people daily in the first 12 days of July.
- This surge follows a period earlier in the year where daily arrests dipped, reaching a low of 954 in March, after high-profile killings by federal agents in Minnesota.
- The current arrest rate has seen ICE hit a target of at least 2,000 arrests a day multiple times this month.
- The increase in arrests comes amid new controversy, including two fatal shootings of motorists by ICE agents in Texas and Maine, and the death of a man struck by a tractor-trailer while fleeing authorities in Florida.
- The Trump administration had previously set a goal of deporting 1 million migrants annually, which would require an average of almost 2,800 arrests per day.
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