Overview
- A compiled ICE dataset shows 548,645 detention records from Jan. 20, 2025 through Aug. 6, 2026, and DHS figures report a monthly high of 50,925 arrests in August 2026.
- The detained population is concentrated among Latin American nationals, with Mexicans accounting for 39% of records, and is overwhelmingly male at 88%.
- Since September 2025 enforcement shifted to include many people without criminal convictions, with analyses showing only about 27% of those arrested had prior convictions in July 2026.
- Arrests are geographically concentrated: Texas, Florida and California lead totals, and jurisdictions that signed 287(g) agreements saw sharp spikes such as Florida’s 117% jump from May to June 2026.
- Reporting links the operational surge to roughly $75 billion in funding from H.R.1 and to expanded local–federal cooperation, while university studies tie raids to large economic losses—more than $1.26 billion in Cook County retail and restaurant sales—and to reduced mobility, higher prices in some sectors, and strained access to legal counsel as most detainees are deported within about 60 days.