Overview
- The TSA–ICE agreement signed on May 29, 2025 gives ICE access to airline and TSA passenger records and generated alerts that led to more than 1,200 airport arrests through early June at at least 15 airports.
- ICE has increased interior enforcement focused on transport hubs and communities, including a late‑August southern Connecticut operation that detained 118 people and a five‑day 'Safe Community' sweep in Indiana that detained 426, agency statements say.
- The Deportation Data Project compiled ICE records showing 548,645 administrative arrests from Jan. 20, 2025 through Aug. 6, 2026, with 24,548 of those arrests involving Salvadoran nationals.
- Detentions have risen while removals lag because of judicial and administrative reviews, limited aircraft availability and receiving‑country restrictions, and planned deportation planes remain under FAA review.
- The administration also tightened rules for non‑resident commercial driver licenses that affect about 200,000 foreign‑born truck drivers and those rules are now facing a federal court challenge that could hit drivers and supply chains.