Overview

• ICE agents detained roughly 30,000 immigrants in June, marking the highest monthly total since at least November 2020.
• Only about 18,000 immigrants were deported last month, sustaining an arrest-to-deportation gap of nearly two to one.
• Detention centers are holding almost 60,000 people despite Congressional funding for just 41,500 beds, triggering reports of overcrowded conditions.
• Congress’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” allocates $45 billion to expand ICE detention capacity in response to swelling detainee numbers.
• Agents report “miserable” morale under a daily 3,000-arrest quota and note a rising share of noncriminal targets even as expedited and third-country removal policies accelerate.