ICE detentions nearly triple in Trump’s first weeks in office
Updated: Feb. 19, 2025, 8:08 a.m.|Published: Feb. 19, 2025, 7:37 a.m.
By Jason Kao and Alicia A. Caldwell Bloomberg News (TNS)Tribune News Service
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained about 10,000 people in the first two weeks of the Trump administration, according to federal data, underscoring the White House’s early efforts to ramp up deportations.
The new detentions represent almost a tripling from the average two-week period during former President Joe Biden’s final year in office, according to an analysis of data from ICE.
The wave of detentions is part of President Donald Trump’s broader effort to carry out what he has described as the largest deportation campaign in American history. Still, it’s not yet clear whether the new administration will be able to keep arrest numbers at higher levels after initially trumpeting its crackdown with media crews in tow and help from television personality Phil McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil.
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