The Trump administration's immigration crackdown reached a historic milestone in July as U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement made roughly 51,000 immigration arrests, setting the highest monthly arrest total in the agency's history.ICE averaged approximately 1,645 immigration arrests per day during the month, according to multiple federal sources who spoke with Fox News.The historic total came just one month after ICE set what was then a new monthly record with roughly 43,000 arrests in June, giving the agency back-to-back record-breaking months.TRUMP DHS CHIEF UNDER FIRE FROM CONSERVATIVES AFTER IMMIGRATION SPEECH IGNITES BACKLASHICE arrested more than 100 illegal alien truck drivers in California’s Operation Highway Sentinel following deadly crashes tied to state-issued CDLs.
(Department of Homeland Security)Federal sources told Fox News the surge followed a slowdown in ICE arrests in the weeks and months after unrest in Minneapolis.They attributed the record-setting pace to the end of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, thousands of newly hired ICE personnel hitting the streets and billions of dollars in new funding from two reconciliation bills that replenished the agency's coffers.The additional money is helping fuel expanded hiring and enforcement operations nationwide, according to the sources.ICE NABS ILLEGAL ALIENS CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX CRIMES AND METH TRAFFICKING IN NATIONWIDE ENFORCEMENT SWEEPDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks during a news conference Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in New York.(AP Photo/David 'Dee' Delgado)The Department of Homeland Security praised ICE officers in a post on X Monday, highlighting the agency's efforts to arrest and remove criminal illegal immigrants."Every day, the brave men and women of ICE are arresting and DEPORTING dangerous criminal illegal aliens, including gang members, from our country," DHS wrote."Under @POTUS Trump and @SecMullinDHS, the safety of the American people wi...