ICE Arrests Nears 50,000 Immigrants in August as Trump Crackdown Maintains Record Pace — 100,000 in Two Months

NJ state police arrest protesters outside Delaney Hall, which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center, during a curfew, in Newark, New Jersey, on May 31, 2026. The mayor of the New Jersey city declared a curfew Sunday around a migrant detention center after another night of clashes between police and protesters opposed to President Donald Trump's immigration policies. New Jersey state authorities announced on May 29 they were taking charge of security outside a US immigration detention center after clashes between ICE agents and protesters angered by conditions faced by detainees inside. (Credit: Photo by EDUARDO MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested roughly 50,000 people in August, maintaining the record pace reached a month earlier as the Trump administration continues a nationwide immigration enforcement surge.

The preliminary figure, provided to NBC News by a senior Department of Homeland Security official, is roughly on par with July, which had recorded the highest monthly arrest total of President Donald Trump's second term. Together, the figures indicate ICE made nearly 100,000 arrests over the past two months.