Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June, marking a major push by the agency tasked with carrying out the Trump administration’s mass deportations agenda.
Arrest Numbers
The arrest numbers, obtained from a person familiar with the information, indicate that while the administration is no longer cracking down on individual cities, the arrests continue and are surging. The total number of arrests during the five-day period translates into roughly 2,000 arrests per day.
“Since Day One, DHS law enforcement has been delivering on President Trump’s promise to the American people to arrest and deport criminal illegal immigrants including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists,” said the Department of Homeland Security in a statement. “Our message is clear: if you come to our country illegally, we will find you, we will arrest you, and we will deport you.”
ICE Detention Facilities
The number of people entered into ICE detention facilities climbed in June to roughly 39,000 after hovering around 30,000 per month since February, according to information obtained by The Associated Press.
Original reporting: NBC4 Los Angeles — read the source article.
