Overview

• The administration raised ICE’s daily arrest target from 1,000 to 3,000 in early June, resulting in 2,792 detentions in the Los Angeles area between June 6 and July 2.
• ICE data show that 68% of those arrested in Southern California between June 1 and June 26 had no criminal convictions and 57% had never been charged.
• On June 26, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issued a temporary ban on using racial profiling in federal immigration arrests across much of Southern California.
• Immigration advocates report a marked slowdown in street raids since the injunction, even as the Justice Department appeals the ruling.
• DHS maintains that 70% of ICE arrests involve individuals with convictions or pending charges and is pressing forward with its high-quota enforcement strategy.