ICE arrests near 150,000 since January as Trump operation ramps up fast

Published August 1, 2025 7:00am ET



EXCLUSIVE — Federal immigration authorities have arrested nearly 150,000 illegal immigrants across the United States since the beginning of January, shortly before President Donald Trump took office and launched a mass deportation operation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told the Washington Examiner.

As of late July, ICE had taken into custody 149,084 people, including nearly 50,000 over the past eight weeks.

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