With greater discretion, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is carrying out operations to detain undocumented immigrants in the 50 states of the United States, with actions every day of the week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to this newspaper.

“ICE agents ensure compliance with our nation's immigration laws in all 50 states, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” an agency spokesperson responded to a request for an increase in detentions.

He stated that as of June 24, ICE has deported more than 948,000 immigrants, but detained more than 981,000 people without papers, in addition to ensuring that voluntary deportations total more than three million, although this data is not feasible to verify due to the lack of disaggregated public data.

“During the first year of the Trump presidency, more than 3 million undocumented immigrants left the United States due to the Trump administration's policies against illegal immigration, including approximately 2.2 million voluntary deportations,” the spokesperson said.

ICE has not released recent disaggregated data on detentions and deportations, as the agency routinely did under previous administrations, including President Trump's first term.

Increase in immigration operations

A report from the New York Times states that in the last week, the agency increased arrests, arresting 10,000 people, according to information that the media had access to.

The Times data indicates that the operations have allowed arrests in offices where immigrants go to their appointments with immigration authorities, at traffic stops and on the street.

The report adds that agents now have a new arrest standard, set at 2,000 arrests per day.

The organization Americans for Immigrant Justice reports that the majority of immigrant arrests occur in states where ICE has 287(g) collaboration agreements with local and state police, including Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, among others.

Florida, the organization notes, has the largest number of 287(g) agreements in the country, allowing all 67 county sheriffs to be authorized to collaborate with federal immigration authorities.

“The Florida Highway Patrol made just over half of the immigration arrests in the state in 2025,” notes a report from the organization.

However, operations have also been registered in California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and other states.

They accuse immigrants of being criminals

The DHS states that almost 70% of detained immigrants are people accused or convicted of a crime, a figure that contrasts with other independent reports from civil organizations.

“Nearly 70% of ICE arrests correspond to undocumented immigrants accused or convicted of a crime in the United States,” the spokesperson stated. “Our message is clear: if you enter our country illegally, we will find you, arrest you and deport you.”

DHS information on crime is the opposite of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), which processes official data, and indicates that only 30% of detainees have a criminal case against them, while 70% have no criminal history.

There are also discrepancies regarding people detained, since the agency states that of 981,000 people detained it has deported 948,000 immigrants, which means that 33,000 more would be under arrest.

Although TRAC indicates that at least 60,000 people are in detention, but that data is as of the end of April, because there is no additional public information.

Millions of dollars in action

Republicans in Congress passed a reconciliation bill that provides nearly $70 billion for mass deportations and detentions, primarily benefiting ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The funds include $38 billion for ICE, including detentions and increased collaboration with state and local law enforcement.

There is also $26 billion for CBP to hire agents, expand surveillance and increase law enforcement at ports of entry.

Another $5 billion dollars are “support” funds for immigration policies.

In addition to these funds, Congress is already working on DHS funding for fiscal year 2027, which begins October 1, for which it seeks to allocate almost $30 billion additional dollars to ICE and CPB.

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