Over the weekend, ICE officers detained around 90 undocumented aliens in North Texas, a department official told FOX 4.
The Washington Post and FOX News reported that on an internal weekend call with ICE officials, each U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office, including Dallas, was instructed to strive for approximately 75 arrests each day.
We know:
There have been rumors that the Trump administration has pushed for a significant increase in daily immigration arrests.
When questioned about the allegation, a Department of Homeland Security official stated, “Goals is the correct phrasing.” FOX News Digital reported that the White House contested the categorization of “quotas.”
Nationwide raids have been going on for a few days.
ICE’s Goal for Dallas
ICE has 181 sub-field offices and 25 field offices throughout the United States, each of which is in charge of a certain region. One of the 25 primary ICE field offices is located in Dallas.
PDF: View the ICE locations’ full-size map
Cities in DFW with Reported ICE Raids
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Dallas
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Fort Worth
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Arlington
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Irving
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Garland
Based on the figures:
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The Trump administration has increased daily immigration arrests from a few hundred to at least 1,200 to 1,500 people.
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ICE reported an average of 710 arrests per day from Thursday through Monday, up from a daily average of 311 in 12 months under President Joe Biden.
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If this rate continues, it would surpass ICE s previous high mark set under the Obama administration, which averaged 636 daily arrests in 2013.
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More than 4,500 people have been arrested in the first week of Trump s second term.
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On Jan. 29, ICE reported 1,016 arrests nationwide.
Dallas ICE Raids
84 arrests in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Garland, and Collin County were confirmed by the Dallas field office on Sunday.
Although the precise number of arrests has not been made public, other communities have also experienced ICE raids.
Look more closely:
The Pew Research Center reports that in 2023, there were a record 47.3 million foreign-born people living in the United States, accounting for 14.3% of the total population.
By 2022, 49% of immigrants had obtained naturalization, and 77% of them were in the country lawfully.
4% were lawful temporary residents, and 23% were undocumented immigrants.
The Origin:The information in this article is based on research conducted by FOX News Digital, the website and social media accounts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, White House remarks, earlier reporting by FOX Television Stations, Pew Research, the Office of Governor Greg Abbott, and the DEA.
