Close to 50,000 ICE arrests in July signal intensified immigration crackdown

ICE arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term, with 6,500 arrests (about 13%) tied to 287(g) partnerships with state and local police—up from under 5% a year earlier. Texas and Florida together accounted for almost 20,000 arrests, underscoring those states’ central role in the administration’s mass-deportation effort. Data shows that more than half of those arrested had no criminal history and about half were non-custodial. The crackdown’s human cost was illustrated by a Haitian asylum seeker arrested in Key West, amid promises from DHS Secretary Mullin of a quieter approach while maintaining deportation priorities.