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ICE Detains Migrants at Routine Check-Ins in New Wave of Enforcement

A directive to raise daily arrests to 3,000 has led agents to lure migrants with text summons, staging courthouse ambushes condemned by community leaders as entrapment.

Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman poses for a jail booking photograph after his arrest in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 2, 2025. Boulder Police Department/Handout via REUTERS/ File photo
FILE - A military aircraft waits for migrants to board from a bus at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Tx., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, before deporting them to Guatemala. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)
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Overview

  • Agents carried out coordinated operations in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and San Jose, detaining migrants who appeared for scheduled ICE check-ins or court appointments.
  • ICE reported a record 2,368 arrests on June 4 and is pursuing a White House mandate to reach 3,000 daily detentions.
  • Tactics include sending text messages to summon immigrants and hiding inside courthouses to arrest them immediately after hearings.
  • Chicago officials and aldermen physically confronted ICE agents, accused them of entrapment and are demanding investigations and stronger sanctuary city measures.
  • Advocates warn the intensified enforcement is sowing fear in immigrant communities, deterring legal compliance and access to public services.