{"id":2633104,"date":"2026-07-21T12:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-arrests-soar-in-july-to-new-high\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:29:48","slug":"ice-arrests-soar-in-july-to-new-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-arrests-soar-in-july-to-new-high\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE arrests soar in July to new high"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fice-arrests-soar-in-july-to-new-high%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2633104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Recent government data reveals a critically important surge in arrests by U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), reaching the highest levels observed during the Trump governance. In the first 11 days of July, ICE averaged 1,593 arrests daily, surpassing JuneS previous record of just over 1,300 arrests per day. Including arrests by U.S. Customs and Border Protection,ICE is on track to exceed 50,000 arrests in July alone,a considerable increase from the 43,138 arrests recorded in June and previous monthly totals under past administrations. As of mid-July,over 353,000 suspected illegal immigrants had been arrested in fiscal 2026,with more than 90% conducted by ICE.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed efforts to intensify arrest activities, describing it as &#8220;turning up the heat.&#8221; The arrest increase follows Mullin&#8217;s appointment, replacing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and has been noted for resulting in more arrests without significant public backlash, according to independent researcher Austin Kocher. Despite the rise in arrests, concerns persist over issues within ICE, including detainee deaths and fatal shootings during ICE encounters, suggesting ongoing challenges with agency conduct. It is also noted that arrests during encounters do not necessarily lead to immediate detention, as some individuals are released after encounters. Additional law enforcement agencies, such as the U.S. Marshals, FBI, and DEA, contribute to total immigration-related arrests beyond ICE&#8217;s statistics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have surged in recent weeks to the highest levels seen in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a>, according to new government data released overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first 11 days of July, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\">ICE<\/a> averaged 1,593 arrests of suspected illegal immigrants daily, up from the previous record of just over 1,300 arrests per day in June. The data include arrests by another federal immigration agency, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/customs-and-border-protection\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4656729\/ice-cbp-arrests-per-day-highest-since-trump-took-office\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>ICE and CBP averaging 1,593 arrests per day, highest since Trump took office<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4656795\/tiana-lowe-doescher-blasts-43-year-old-thinks-hes-revolutionary\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tiana Lowe Doescher blasts anti-ICE agitator: A 43-year-old man who thinks he\u2019s a \u2018revolutionary\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4656109\/man-charged-killing-ann-widdecombe-england\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Man charged with killing former British MP Ann Widdecombe<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICE is on track to surpass 50,000 arrests in July alone, which would far surpass the June total of 43,138. The previous record high of 42,107 was set in December. The monthly totals also supersede monthly totals during all previous administrations, as the Trump administration continues to carry out a mass deportation operation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of July 11, ICE and CBP had arrested 353,354 suspected illegal immigrants in fiscal 2026, which began in October 2025. More than 90% of arrests were made by ICE, while the remainder were conducted by CBP\u2019s Border Patrol agents and Office of Field Operations officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed that the DHS was, in fact, attempting to increase arrests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re turning up the heat on the streets. We\u2019re out there working harder than we ever have because we\u2019ve empowered our law enforcement to do their job,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4653293\/markwayne-mullin-ice-turn-up-heat-street\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4653293\/markwayne-mullin-ice-turn-up-heat-street\/\">Mullin told reporters<\/a> at a press conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin\u00a0Kocher, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-second-year-immigration-agenda-to-prioritize-detention-and-court\/\" title=\"...&#039;s second-year ... agenda to prioritize detention and court\">independent immigration data researcher<\/a> formerly associated with Syracuse University\u2019s Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse, noted in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/austinkocher.substack.com\/p\/ice-quietly-arresting-more-people\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/austinkocher.substack.com\/p\/ice-quietly-arresting-more-people\">Substack post<\/a> that the upturn in arrests follows Mullin\u2019s replacement of ousted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe purported shift in ICE tactics\u2014from the manic Kristi Noem months that cost the lives of two U.S. citizens to the less spectacular tactics under Markwayne Mullin\u2014has effectively led to more arrests without as much popular backlash,\u201d Kocher wrote in a post late Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Kocher noted, the soaring number of detainee deaths while in ICE custody and recent fatal shootings of two people during ICE encounters \u201chardly points to a more disciplined, less rogue agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4653698\/ice-melting-under-trump-expectations\/\">ICE MELTING UNDER TRUMP\u2019S EXPECTATIONS, OFFICERS SAY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People detained by ICE during encounters have not been arrested. Arrest data show\u00a0individuals who have been transported to detention facilities and booked into federal custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional arrests made by the Justice Department\u2019s U.S. Marshals Office, FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and other supporting agencies were not included in the ICE statistics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICE arrests hit highest levels since Trump era in July<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2633105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-thdtr25rg-1761746841621-e1761747650497.jpg?1784634044&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4283,8364,3813,10055,51050],"class_list":["post-2633104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arrests","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-july","tag-law-enforcement-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-thdtr25rg-1761746841621-e1761747650497.jpg?1784634044&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2633104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2633108,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633104\/revisions\/2633108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2633105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2633104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2633104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2633104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}