ICE Arrests Reach Record Numbers Due to Changes in Immigration Control Tactics
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
The Trump administration recorded a record number of immigration-related arrests in the last three months, although this drastic increase did not replicate the military-style deployment observed earlier in the year. During the summer, tactics focused on public area arrests and collaboration with local jails and law enforcement, impacting cities such as Houston, New York, Memphis, San Francisco, and Atlanta. Immigration agents have also concentrated their efforts on making arrests at airports, courthouses, and during ICE check-in appointments. In August alone, ICE officers and agents arrested a record 50,925 individuals, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This new peak followed the 50,208 arrests recorded in July—previously the highest number—and nearly 44,000 made in June. These arrests respond to a recent directive aimed at ICE regional offices to arrest 2,000 individuals daily nationwide. In August, ICE averaged about 1,600 arrests per day, compared to approximately 1,000 daily before the order. The recent increase is part of a 'new normal' that ICE expects to maintain, according to a source familiar with detention operations. 'The men and women of DHS, who work hard, continue to break records while defending the homeland and protecting the American people,' stated DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. 'For the third consecutive month, ICE set a new record for the highest number of undocumented immigrants detained in a single month: nearly 51,000.'
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