Before this year, the highest number of at-large arrests came in January 2023, when the Biden administration made more than 11,500. The highest number of single-day arrests by ICE took place when its officers detained more than 1,900 on June 4. (That includes both at-large arrests and arrests at jails.) Of the migrants who do have criminal convictions, nearly a quarter were traffic offenses, that data showed. The District of Columbia experienced the largest spike in arrests, with the number increasing fivefold from June through October as compared with the previous five months, the federal data showed.

Source: Washington Post December 28, 2025 23:32 UTC