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How Trump has supercharged the immigration crackdown - in data

Release Date: 2025-07-23
Media: The Guardian
Summary: Since Donald Trump’s return to office in January 2025, U.S. immigration enforcement has escalated dramatically. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) arrests surged by 268% in June compared to the same month in 2024, with most arrests now targeting undocumented immigrants without criminal records — despite Trump’s claims of focusing on “dangerous criminals.”

This crackdown intensified following a May meeting where top officials set an ambitious goal of 3,000 arrests per day. In early June, ICE arrested nearly 2,000 people in a single day, the highest in nearly a decade. Mass raids took place in places like Los Angeles, where heavily armed agents detained immigrants at workplaces and public spaces. A federal judge later issued a restraining order against such raids due to racial profiling concerns.

Detention facilities have become severely overcrowded, holding over 55,000 people despite congressional funding for only 41,500 beds. Conditions are reportedly inhumane, with poor sanitation, lack of food and water, and even infants suffering from malnutrition. Nonetheless, the Trump administration has allocated $45 billion to expand ICE’s capacity and has implemented policy changes eliminating bond hearings, meaning immigrants must stay in detention during lengthy legal proceedings.

Deportations have reached over 127,000 since January, though they have fluctuated due to legal and logistical barriers. With the southern border largely closed to asylum seekers, enforcement has shifted to targeting long-term residents inside the U.S. The administration has also expanded “third-country deportations,” sending over 8,100 people to countries that are not their own — including Venezuelans to El Salvador and Russians to Costa Rica — often without due process or safeguards against torture.

Critics and human rights advocates warn that these policies erode legal protections, violate international norms, and fuel systemic abuse of migrants and asylum seekers.
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