Overview

• DHS announced the deportation of 12 Laotian nationals convicted of serious US crimes under existing removal orders.
• Data from UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project show that 37% of ICE arrests in July involved migrants with no US convictions or pending charges.
• A late-May White House meeting set targets as high as 3,000 ICE arrests per day, contributing to a surge in enforcement after a spring plateau.
• Expanded detention bed capacity and restrictions on bond hearings have pushed ICE detention levels to record highs and triggered lawsuits and congressional oversight.
• DHS maintains that many categorized as non-criminals include alleged foreign terrorists or gang members and that unlawful entry itself is a punishable crime under US law.