Map Shows States Where ICE Arrests are Highest, Lowest
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A Newsweek map shows where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out roughly 109,000 arrests across the country between January 20 and June 26, 2025, in the first five months of President Donald Trump’s second term.
And, using Deportation Data Project, Newsweek shows U.S. states with the highest numbers of ICE arrests.
Why It Matters
The map shows ramped up immigration enforcement efforts by Trump’s administration, after the President pledged to deport millions of immigrants lacking legal status. The White House has stated that all individuals residing in the country unlawfully are considered “criminals.”
What To Know
The states with the highest number of arrests between January 20 and June 26, 2025, were Texas, Florida, and California, which together accounted for more than 41 percent of the total arrests during this period, per the Deportation Data Project.
Texas led with approximately 23.2 percent of the national total of ICE arrests. Florida followed with 11 percent, while California made up up 7 percent of the total. Other states with notable arrest numbers included Georgia with 4 percent and Arizona with 3 percent. These figures were reported by El País, based on publicly available ICE data compiled by the Deportation Data Project.
A deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts a brief before an early morning operation, Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. A deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts a brief before an early morning operation, Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP
ICE arrests nationwide have increased significantly since last year. Between January and June 2024, under the Biden administration, ICE made approximately 49,000 arrests. In the same period in 2025, following President Trump’s return to office, arrests rose by about 122 percent.
Despite President Trump pledging to deport one million migrants this year, the administration has processed fewer than 150,000 removals through late June, far below its stated target. At the current pace, annual deportations are projected to total around 300,000.
What People Are Saying
Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute told CBS News: “It’s easier for ICE to be picking people up from state and local jails where there’s cooperation.”
What Happens Next
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed earlier this month, significantly increases funding for ICE.
It allocates $45 billion to expand detention capacity to nearly 100,000 beds, $14 billion for transportation and deportation operations, $8 billion to hire 10,000 new deportation officers, and additional funds for technology upgrades, state and local enforcement partnerships, and retention incentives for ICE personnel.
This substantial increase in funding is intended to support the administration’s efforts to accelerate deportations in pursuit of fulfilling President Trump’s goal of removing one million individuals within a year.
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