ICE arrests 10,000 migrants in five days as Trump deportation drive intensifies

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested roughly 10,000 migrants over a five‑day span at the end of June, averaging about 2,000 arrests per day. The surge was first reported by The New York Times and follows a shift from high‑profile city sweeps to quieter tactics aimed at meeting President Donald Trump’s deportation goals.

Detention figures rose concurrently, with ICE facilities holding about 39,000 people in June, up from a steady 30,000‑plus each month since February. Department of Homeland Security statements reiterated the administration’s stance: “Since Day One, DHS law enforcement has been delivering on President Trump’s promise … to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens, including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists.”

The data, supplied by an anonymously sourced insider and analyzed by the UC‑Berkeley Deportation Data Project, indicates a sharp increase compared with prior periods, when daily arrests hovered around 1,200. The article also references the Minneapolis episode that prompted a scaling back of high‑visibility raids earlier in the administration.