Newly obtained federal enforcement figures show ICE agents took more than 800 immigrants with no criminal record into custody on an average day last month, the fastest such clip logged since Trump's second term began, according to data reviewed by CBS News. July marked the first month under this administration in which people held solely on civil immigration grounds, rather than because of a pending criminal case or conviction, made up the majority of everyone the agency arrested.
That escalation tracks with pressure from the White House pushing ICE toward a goal of 2,000 arrests per day, a mark the agency still hasn't hit even as its overall daily average, topping 1,580, set its own record for the term. For Latino communities across South Florida, greater Houston and the New York metro region, the shift means run-ins with federal agents are increasingly unfolding on sidewalks, at airport gates and outside routine check-in appointments, not solely behind bars.
