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ICE arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, setting a new monthly high

Headline from UPI, from the development of Aug 25, 2026

Newest development Aug 27, 2026 · 2 reportsFederal data shows ICE averaged more than 1,500 arrests per day

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, an average of more than 1,500 people a day, government data shows.

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    ICE arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, setting a new monthly high

    Headline from UPI ·

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    Federal data shows ICE averaged more than 1,500 arrests per day

    Headline from KYMA Yuma ·

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33 articles, oldest first.

  1. Just the News

    ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50K in July: Report (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    The new figures of 49,571 arrests, mark the highest single monthly arrest total of the second Trump administration, and is a 15% boost from 43,021 arrests made in June. It also marks a 70% increase from the 29,241 arrested in February.

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, figures show, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, figures show, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term

  3. KAAL Rochester

    ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term (opens KAAL Rochester)

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    KAAL Rochester's feed description

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July. That marks the highest single-month total during the second Trump administration. The numbers come from the U.C. Berkeley Deportation Data Project.

  4. PBS NewsHour

    ICE arrests jump to nearly 50,000 in July, highest monthly total of Trump's crackdown (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Texas and Florida accounted for nearly 20,000 of the July arrests. The agency has been bolstered by billions of dollars from Congress and has hired 12,000 new deportation officers and agents.

  5. Fast Company

    ICE arrests nearly 50,000 people in July—the highest monthly total of Trump 2.0 (opens Fast Company)

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    Fast Company's feed description

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people during July , the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures. The spike in immigration arrests shows that the administration has continued to advance its mass deportations…

  6. Washington Examiner

    July ICE arrest numbers mark highest monthly total of Trump’s second term (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    July saw the highest number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests of President Donald Trump’s second term, with nearly 50,000 arrests throughout the month. Trump came to office the second time around promising mass deportations, but he had to contend with a lack of infrastructure to ca…

  7. Revolver News

  8. Border Report

    ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July (opens Border Report)

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    Border Report's feed description

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures.

  9. Breitbart News

    Report: ICE Arrested Record Nearly 50,000 Illegal Migrants in July (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    ICE officers arrested nearly 50,000 illegal migrants in July, marking a record for Trump's second term, a report says.

  10. Times Of San Diego

    ICE arrests in July reached nearly 50,000, the highest total in any month of Trump’s second term (opens Times Of San Diego)

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    Times Of San Diego's feed description

    The July ICE arrest tally of 49,571 marks a 15% jump from 43,021 arrests a month earlier and a 70% increase from 29,241 in February.

  11. The National Pulse

    Monthly ICE Arrests Hit 50,000, Up by 70% Since February. (opens The National Pulse)

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    The National Pulse's feed description

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out approximately 50,000 arrests in July, according to newly released data.

  12. Al Jazeera

    US immigration agents arrested more than 49,500 people in July (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The number of arrests last month showed a rise of roughly 15 percent over June's count.

  13. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    49,571 arrested by ICE agents in July (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    WASHINGTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures.

  14. Revolver News

  15. The Hill

    ICE detainment reach second-term high for Trump administration: Report (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained almost 50,000 people in July, marking its highest monthly arrest total during President Trump's second term, newly released data shows. According to numbers published in the Deportation Data Project — a joint project conducted by the University of C…

  16. UPI

    ICE arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, setting a new monthly high (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, an average of more than 1,500 people a day, government data shows.

  17. CBS News

    ICE arrests of people without criminal records hit record high, new data shows (opens CBS News)

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    The surge in arrests comes as the White House pushes ICE to hit a target of 2,000 per day.

  18. Just the News

    Trump math vs Left’s meltdown: ICE arrests nearly 50K suspected illegals in July despite complaints (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    Despite criticism of a potentially lighter touch by DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the numbers show that enforcement operations have only gone up.

  19. KYMA Yuma

    Federal data shows ICE averaged more than 1,500 arrests per day (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    ICE averaged more than 1,500 arrests per day in July, and more than 800 of them were of people with only civil immigration violations, rather than pending criminal charges or convictions.

  20. Philadelphia Inquirer

    How ICE is arresting soaring numbers of immigrants with no criminal record (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    New data shows that more than half of all the people ICE arrested in July did not have a criminal record, the highest single-month total since January 2025.

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