ICE arrests over 10,000 immigrants in five days under Trump directive

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained more than 10,000 people in a five‑day period at the end of June, averaging roughly 2,000 arrests per day and doubling the rate recorded earlier in the year. Internal ICE documents and interviews, reported by the New York Times and other outlets, indicate the surge follows a directive from senior ICE officials that the White House wants the agency to reach a new benchmark of 2,000 daily arrests. Operations were carried out through immigration check‑ins, traffic stops and street sweeps and were conducted with a lower public profile than earlier city‑wide raids. The detention population grew by nearly 4,000, pushing total ICE custody above 63,000. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Lauren Bis reiterated the administration’s stance: “Our message is clear: if you come to our country illegally, we will find you, we will arrest you and we will deport you.” The increase aligns with the Trump administration’s broader mass‑deportation agenda and follows recent Supreme Court rulings that expanded the executive’s immigration authority after earlier high‑profile operations in Minnesota. Data from the Berkeley Deportation Data Project and the Associated Press corroborate the rise in daily arrests and the jump in detainee numbers.