Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in Texas are nearly three times higher than in California, despite California having a greater number of illegal immigrants, according to a review of federal data obtained by a research initiative led by researchers and lawyers from higher education focused on transparency.

Across Texas, ICE arrested more than 94,000 immigrants illegally residing in the United States between Jan. 20, 2025, and March 10, 2026, according to government figures released to the Deportation Data Project, a nongovernmental organization that obtained the ICE data through Freedom of Information Act requests.