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ICE Touts Christmas Arrests as 2025 Enforcement Shifts to At-Large Raids Under Scrutiny

Independent analyses of government data show the expanded at-large strategy is sweeping up many people without U.S. criminal records.

Homeland Security agents carry a protester who was chained outside of the ICE headquarters to protest deportations, in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2025.
A Los Angeles Police Department officer uses a baton during a “No Kings” protest in which demonstrators rallied against ICE raids in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025.
The CoreCivic California City Immigration Processing Center, a privately operated detention facility for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, opened in 2025 and will likely reach capacity next year, state officials have said.
Shuting Chen was terminated from her role as an immigration judge in San Francisco in November 2025, along with several other jurists.

Overview

  • Homeland Security highlighted Christmas Eve and Day operations that netted convicted offenders across multiple states, calling the targets the 'worst of the worst.'
  • DHS says ICE made about 595,000 arrests from Jan. 20 to Dec. 11 and claims more than 2.5 million people left the U.S. in 2025 as enforcement intensified.
  • Government data analyzed by The Washington Post and reported by the Boston Globe show a tactical pivot since June to at-large community arrests, totaling 67,800 over five months.
  • The same analyses found that more than 60% of people detained in at-large arrests since June had no U.S. criminal convictions or pending charges, even as overall arrests rose about 60% from June through mid-October.
  • DHS maintains that roughly 70% of arrestees this year have convictions or pending charges, a characterization that conflicts with the independent breakdowns and keeps the focus on how ICE is targeting and measuring cases.