US EditionTrump’s ICE arrests non-criminals despite crime-focused message
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested more than 100,000 immigrants nationwide, including many without criminal records, as of early June 2025.
- This surge follows a policy push initiated after President Trump took office in January 2025, with demands from officials like Stephen Miller for ICE to make up to 3,000 arrests per day.
- Raids have targeted immigrants working in farm and hotel industries, especially in Colorado’s top agricultural areas, sparking concern from lawmakers and protests nationwide.
- DHS spokesperson McLaughlin stated 75% of arrests early in Trump’s term involved individuals with convictions or pending charges, yet the number of non-criminal detainees rose from 860 in January to 7,800 in June.
- The rise in detentions of immigrants without criminal records has caused legal challenges, confusion among advocates, and calls from bipartisan lawmakers to refocus enforcement on criminals.
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As Trump wants more ICE arrests, immigration attorneys say legal reality is overwhelming, terrifying
As the White House tells ICE arrests they want more arrests, Utah immigration attorneys say the new legal reality has become overwhelming and terrifying.
Handful of Republicans Urge Admin to Only Arrest Criminal Aliens
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have increased monthly arrests of non-criminal illegal aliens by around 800%. They are raiding workplaces and, as they warned, non-criminal aliens will be swept up with them. Detention statistics show the number of detainees arrested by ICE who have no prior criminal charges or convictions increased from 860 in January […] The post Handful of Republicans Urge Admin to Only Arrest Criminal Aliens appeared…
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, other Republicans question ICE targeting 'non-criminal' immigrant workers
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado’s 8th Congressional District and other Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to the Trump administration, expressing concern that federal agents are targeting farm and hotel industry workers with "clean records."
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