Immigration arrests climb 38 percent under Trump

Published May 17, 2017 3:49pm ET



Arrests of illegal immigrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have jumped 38 percent in the 100 days since President Trump signed his controversial immigration enforcement executive orders, ICE said Wednesday.

ICE arrested more than 41,000 illegal immigrants between late January and the end of April, ICE said. During roughly the same period last year, ICE deportation officers arrested about 30,000 people.

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