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ICE Intensifies Nationwide Raids and Detentions

Operating under White House targets for 3,000 daily arrests, ICE agents are seizing immigrants after court check-ins, at workplaces, in public spaces.

FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer listens during a briefing, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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An ICE agent with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) pictured during an operation in May 2019 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • President Trump’s administration has directed ICE to make at least 3,000 arrests each day, driving total detentions above 100,000 in his second term, internal DHS data show.
  • Friday’s Southern California operations included raids at a Los Angeles Home Depot and other Westlake locations, with agents detaining workers and shoppers in unmarked vehicles.
  • In San Francisco, at least 15 people—among them four children—were arrested after routine ICE check-ins and held overnight in basement cells lacking beds and adequate food.
  • The Glendale City Jail remains one of the few California facilities housing ICE detainees under an 18-year contract despite the state’s sanctuary law.
  • Lawmakers and immigrant advocates have condemned the tactics as intimidating and are demanding investigations and greater federal oversight of ICE enforcement practices.