ICE arrests nearly 50,000 immigrants in July, highest monthly tally under Trump’s second term

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 49,571 people in July, marking the highest monthly arrest tally during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to government data analysed by The Associated Press.The figure was 15 per cent higher than the 43,021 arrests recorded in June and about 70 per cent above February’s 29,241 arrests, the data showed. The numbers were provided by ICE to the Deportation Data Project at the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA.The surge comes as the Trump administration continues to pursue its mass deportation agenda, while shifting away from the highly visible immigration raids that drew widespread attention earlier in the year.Instead, enforcement has increasingly involved traffic stops, local police partnerships and arrests at routine immigration appointments.ICE’s expanding cooperation with state and local law enforcement accounted for about 6,500 arrests in July, or roughly 13% of the monthly total, according to the AP analysis. A year earlier, such partnerships made up less than 5 per cent of ICE arrests.Texas and Florida together accounted for nearly 20,000 arrests in July. ...