Scoop: Trump's immigration arrests appear to lag Biden's

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Source: Axios

5 hours ago


U.S. agents arrested more than 21,000 unauthorized immigrants in November as President Biden's term wound down — a pace the Trump administration doesn't appear to be matching in its first month despite its crackdown, an Axios review of new data finds.

Why it matters: Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, says about 14,000 immigrants have been arrested in the three-plus weeks since President Trump took office.

One possible reason Trump's arrest rate isn't matching Biden's: The publicity surrounding the new president's tough talk on immigration has fueled a dramatic dip in the number of people trying to enter the U.S. illegally on the southern border.

Homan said this week that illegal border crossings have dropped 92% since Trump took office Jan. 20.

The big picture: The Trump administration, through social media posts, has suggested U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested about 8,500 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally during Trump's first two weeks in office.

But Trump's team has stopped giving daily ICE updates since Feb. 4. The administration also isn't releasing details on arrests by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents.

By the numbers: ICE arrested more than 7,500 immigrants in November, while the CBP arrested more than 13,500 that month as waves of immigrants tried to cross the border, according to federal data collected by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).

TRAC collects immigration data via Open Records Act requests.

A total of 21,130 people arrested by the agencies were booked into detention sites across the country in November, the data show.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/trump-biden-immigration-arrests-ice-border

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"Reality Show productions" vs "reality".

[DarthDem]

1. Shocking, I'm Sure

After all that sound and fury?

[twodogsbarking]

2. Just wait. Trump's numbers will skyrocket. He controls the information.

[Escurumbele]

3. Maybe their "economists" told them they WILL hurt the economy?

And I bet if ICE went into Mar-A-Lago they would find 50% of the workforce are illegal immigrants.

[steelyboo]

4. Maybe if they didn't put on make-up and light the lights to make their little fascist show, they'd be more efficient.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. The intent is much stronger, the competence much less ... in the real world, competence counts more. nt