ICE Arrests Plunge in Humiliating Blow to Stephen Miller [View all]

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The top ally of President Donald Trump has been demanding that ICE detain at least 3,000 migrants day.

Ewan Palmer Aug. 5 2025 10:25AM EDT


The number of arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dropped by nearly 20 percent between June and July, despite Stephen Miller pushing the agency to detain thousands of migrants a day.

Figures from the nonpartisan Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) show that ICE booked an average of 990 arrests per day from July 1 to July 27, a sharp 19 percent drop from the daily rate of 1,224 arrests recorded in June.

Both months fall far short of the 3,000-a-day arrests Miller has demanded to fulfill President Donald Trump’s plan to carry out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. The White House deputy chief of staff, credited as the architect of many of Trump’s hardline immigration policies, was reportedly so aggressive he even threatened to fire ICE field office leaders who ranked in the bottom 10 percent for migrant arrests.

Figures show the 56,945 people currently detained by ICE is also down from the 57,861 detainees ICE reported one month ago. Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images

Trump administration attorneys are now walking back claims in court that Miller ever set such an ambitious arrest target, despite Miller explicitly telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity he was putting it in place in May.

In late July, a federal judge asked Department of Justice attorney Yaakov Roth whether ICE was under pressure to meet an arrest quota, and if that meant people were being rounded up based on race or ethnicity to hit the numbers.

The DoJ has now denied the existence of a daily quota for immigration arrests in Wednesday filings to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Trump administration attorneys are now walking back claims in court that Miller ever set such an ambitious arrest target, despite Miller explicitly telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity he was putting it in place in May.

The number of ICE arrests fall far short of the 3,000-a-day that Stephen Miller has demanded.

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