US immigration agents arrested more than ۴۹,۵۰۰ people in July

The number of arrests in July showed a rise of roughly ۱۵ percent over June’s count.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested ۴۹,۵۷۱ people in July, the highest in a month since President Donald Trump took office for his second term, according to the latest figures available.

The figures for July showed a rise of roughly ۱۵ percent over June’s count and about ۷۰ percent above February’s total, according to government data provided by ICE to the Deportation Data Project based at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles and analysed by The Associated Press news agency.

The month before Trump’s return to the White House in January ۲۰۲۵, monthly arrests were slightly more than ۸,۰۰۰, a figure largely made up of immigrants transferred from city or state jails and prisons and turned over to ICE to remove from the country.

In his first year back in office, the monthly numbers started climbing as officials eased limits on where and whom agents could target. By December, monthly arrests had surpassed ۴۰,۰۰۰.

In the aftermath of two fatal shootings in Minnesota in January that led to protests and an uproar from Democratic lawmakers, arrests began to fall in February. After remaining stagnant for months, the numbers surged in June and then again in July.

Nearly ۲۰,۰۰۰ of the July arrests happened in Texas and Florida. Both states have taken part in cooperation deals with ICE known as ۲۸۷(g) agreements that enable local law enforcement to essentially operate as additional arms for immigration enforcement.

The expanding arrest campaign comes after a hiring drive, with ICE bringing on roughly ۱۲,۰۰۰ additional officers and agents last year.