US immigration arrests hit record 49,571 in one month under Trump
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, recording the agency’s highest monthly arrest total since President Donald Trump returned to office, according to newly released government data.
The figures, provided by ICE to the University of California, Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project and analysed by The Associated Press, highlight the continued expansion of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign.
However, the latest arrest figures indicate that the administration has continued to pursue President Trump’s broader mass-deportation agenda, even as the nature and visibility of enforcement operations have changed.
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