Overview

• ICE facilities nationwide are holding about 59,000 detainees, operating at over 140% of the capacity authorized by Congress.
• Nearly half of current detainees lack criminal convictions; fewer than 30% have prior felony or misdemeanor records.
• Interior arrest operations have averaged 1,200 daily in June, driven by workplace raids reinstated under the administration’s directives.
• Federal agents arrested 11 Iranian nationals during a 48-hour sweep, including a former IRGC member linked to Hezbollah and one individual on the U.S. terrorism watchlist.
• The Department of Homeland Security activated its National Terrorism Advisory System; legal challenges have been filed nationwide and protests have erupted in cities such as Los Angeles and New York.