8,700 migrants arrested

More than 8,700 migrants arrested during first weeks of Trump administration, DHS reports

From CNN’s Chelsea Bailey

Within the first two weeks of the Trump administration, federal officials have arrested more than 8,000 immigrants and deported nearly 6,000 people, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security.

In the numbers posted to X, DHS said President Donald Trump has “delivered on his promise to the American people to begin mass deportations of violent criminals within our borders.”

The administration has arrested 8,768 “immigration violator(s)” and deported or removed 5,693 people who come from 121 countries, according to the post. It also lists some of the criminal charges the alleged violators faced, including drug offenses, drug trafficking, forgery, homicide and human trafficking.

Putting these numbers in context: In the last fiscal year, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations conducted 113,431 administrative arrests, according to an agency report, amounting to about 310 arrests a day across all field offices.

According to the DHS data, there have been about 626 arrests per day on average within the past two weeks under the new Trump administration. That’s a slight decline from the end of January 2025, when ICE said it had an average of nearly 800 arrests daily.