ICE Arrests Reached Nearly 50,000 in July
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, marking the highest monthly total during President Donald Trump's second term. The figure indicates that the administration has continued to push its mass deportation agenda despite a shift in focus earlier this year, moving from high-profile operations in major cities that sparked public outrage to more discreet arrests. The 49,571 arrests in July represent a 15% increase from the 43,021 in the previous month and a 70% rise from the 29,241 in February following operations in Minnesota, according to government data provided by ICE to the Deportation Data Project at the University of California, Berkeley, and analyzed by The Associated Press. The immigration arrests in the month prior to Trump's inauguration were above 8,000, largely composed of immigrants transferred from municipal or state jails and handed over to ICE for deportation. During Trump's first year in office, the numbers began to rise as the administration relaxed rules on where and whom ICE could arrest and injected billions of dollars into the agency.
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