ICE Arrests Top 50,000 for Second Straight Month as DHS's 70% Criminal Claim Collides With Its Own Data
ICE booked more than 50,000 arrests in both July and August, the highest totals in agency history, but data obtained by the Deportation Data Project show 55% of those arrested in August had no criminal convictions or charges of any kind — a status distinct from unlawful presence itself, which is a civil immigration violation. DHS keeps repeating a 70% criminal-conviction figure that immigration researchers say hasn't been accurate since May 2025, while the White House says the noncriminal label ignores foreign rap sheets on cases like an MS-13 member wanted for murder in El Salvador.