ICE's Enforcement Surge Meets Judicial Resistance as Trump Expands Detention and Courts Push Back

The Trump administration's immigration machine hit a record-breaking stride in July, making 51,000 arrests—an average of 1,645 per day. This surge, fueled by new funding and personnel, smashed the previous monthly record of 43,000 set just a month earlier in June. Federal sources attribute the pace to the end of a DHS shutdown and a flood of new ICE agents hitting the streets.

The Detention Buildout

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