Overview
- ICE recorded 49,571 arrests in July 2026, the highest monthly total of President Trump’s second term, a 15% rise from June according to data provided to the Deportation Data Project and analyzed by AP.
- A regional DHS operation called 'Comunidad Segura – Washington, DC' from August 1–14 produced 1,328 arrests in Virginia and Maryland, and DHS says about 400 of those detainees had criminal charges or convictions.
- More than half of people arrested by ICE in July had no prior criminal conviction, and local analyses in Maine show 98% of recent detainees there had no conviction, highlighting a large share of non‑convicted cases.
- The agency has shifted to lower‑visibility community and traffic‑stop linked arrests and expanded capacity after Congress funded ICE and it added roughly 12,000 new enforcement staff, with Texas and Florida accounting for about 20,000 July arrests.
- Community groups and local officials report rising fear, legal challenges, and harmful encounters including recent deadly incidents, and the data suggest the enforcement surge could widen its geographic reach and local impact.