Under Trump, the US immigration enforcement has escalated, leading to a 268% increase in average daily arrests in June compared to 2024. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials are now arresting many unauthorized immigrants without criminal records, undermining claims of targeting serious offenders. The detention system is operating over capacity, with more than 13,500 additional people, while deportation numbers have varied as new expulsion strategies are implemented. After Trump's inauguration, Ice's daily arrests tripled, further spiking following directive meetings aimed at increasing arrest goals.
In June this year, average daily arrests were up 268% compared with June 2024. Ice is increasingly targeting any and all unauthorized immigrants, including people who have no criminal records. Despite Trump's claims that his administration is seeking out the worst of the worst, the majority of people being arrested by Ice now have no criminal convictions.
Detention facilities have been increasingly overcrowded, and the US system is over capacity by more than 13,500 people. The number of deportations, however, has fluctuated as the administration pursues new strategies and policies to swiftly expel people from the US.
Within weeks of Trump's inauguration, Ice tripled its number of daily arrests. Daily arrests spiked further after a heated meeting on 21 May, when Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, and Kristi Noem, the Department of Homeland Security secretary, ordered Ice officials to aim for 3,000 arrests a day, or a million a year.
The US government has deported more than 8,100 people to countries that are not their home country.
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