Overview
- An analysis of government data shows roughly 17,500 at-large arrests in September and a total of 67,800 from June through mid‑October, more than double the prior five months.
- The shift took shape with a large Los Angeles operation in June, and in June, September and October at-large arrests made up more than half of ICE’s monthly totals for the first time since April 2023.
- Government figures indicate that more than 60% of people taken into custody in at-large operations since June had no criminal convictions or pending charges.
- Separate data show that nearly half of the roughly 79,000 people arrested and detained from Oct. 1 through the end of November lacked convictions or pending charges, and about a quarter of convictions were for traffic offenses.
- Overall ICE arrests increased about 60% from June to mid‑October compared with the administration’s first five months, as the White House set a one‑year goal of 1 million deportations and aides pushed for up to 3,000 arrests per day.