- US Immigration and Customs Enforcement made a record 51,000 migrant arrests in July as part of President Donald Trump's deportation agenda, beating June's record of 43,000.
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that the deportations target criminals to reduce crime, though reports indicate less than a third of detainees have criminal convictions.
- Federal agents are relying on airport checks and traffic stops to hit high quotas, with an average of 1,645 arrests made daily in July.
- President Trump overruled a brief pause on traffic stops following two fatal shootings by ICE officers, calling the stops an essential crime-fighting tool.
- The surge in arrests follows a major recruitment drive and billions of dollars in new funding, reversing a previous slowdown caused by fatal officer-involved shootings in Minneapolis.
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