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DHS Touts Holiday Arrests as Data Show ICE’s At‑Large Sweeps Drove 2025 Deportation Surge

The campaign’s focus on violent offenders contrasts with analyses finding many at‑large detainees lacked U.S. convictions.

Homeland Security agents carry a protester who was chained outside of the ICE headquarters to protest deportations, in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2025.
A Los Angeles Police Department officer uses a baton during a “No Kings” protest in which demonstrators rallied against ICE raids in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025.
The CoreCivic California City Immigration Processing Center, a privately operated detention facility for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, opened in 2025 and will likely reach capacity next year, state officials have said.
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Overview

  • Homeland Security reports roughly 2.5 million departures in 2025 and about 595,000 ICE arrests through Dec. 11, saying about 70% involved people with U.S. criminal convictions or pending charges.
  • Government data analyzed by The Washington Post and reported by the Boston Globe show ICE sharply increased at‑large arrests since June, with more than 60% of those detainees lacking U.S. convictions or charges and September topping 17,500 such arrests.
  • Officials showcased Christmas‑period operations that netted convicted offenders across multiple states, with DHS’s Tricia McLaughlin praising agents who worked through the holiday.
  • ICE says “Operation Angel’s Honor,” conducted earlier in December under authority of the Laken Riley Act, led to more than 1,030 arrests of people with criminal backgrounds.
  • Local reporting highlights uneven outcomes from some mass actions, including Chicago’s “Midway Blitz” where many charges were dropped, as the administration also promotes self‑deportation via the CBP Home app with free flights and a year‑end $3,000 exit stipend.