Overview
- From January 20 to October 15, ICE made roughly 220,000 arrests and nearly 75,000 detainees had no criminal history, according to an internal database analyzed by UC Berkeley’s Data Deportation Project.
- DHS disputes the characterization, asserting that 70% of ICE detentions involve noncitizens accused or convicted of crimes, while the dataset excludes CBP arrests and lacks detail on offense severity.
- ICE activity has intensified in Democratic-led cities such as New Orleans and the Twin Cities, where recent operations have produced dozens of arrests with more people considered at risk.
- Mexicans account for about 85,000 detainees, followed by roughly 31,000 from Guatemala and 24,000 from Honduras, with about 90% of those arrested being men and a majority in working ages.
- Reports describe internal pressure to raise arrests to 3,000 per day, yet the data show an average of about 824 daily this year, more than double the 2024 daily average under Biden.