‘Unleashed’ Homeland Security Reports Record Arrests and Deportations in Months Before Midterm Elections

Immigration enforcement officials carried out a record number of arrests and deportations in the months leading up to the midterm elections that saw the loss of Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, according to data released this week.Mr. Trump acknowledged in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview that aired on Sunday that the aggressive deportation crackdown may have been a factor in the sweeping Democratic victories. Hispanic voters, in particular, turned away from Republicans in critical states like Texas. The Department of Homeland Security says Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August broke the record for the most arrests in a single month with 50,925 people being taken into custody. That number topped records set the previous two months. The number of arrests dropped slightly in September to around 48,000 arrests and 44,000 removals, according to the administration.For the entire 12-month period ending September 30, a record number of deportations took place for the second consecutive fiscal year. Agents made more than 491,000 immigration arrests and carried out more than 483,000 deportations in the 12 months, according to newly released figures. That broke the record set with 442,640 deportations the year prior.The department said the one-year arrest total is greater than for all three full fiscal years under the Biden administration. Fiscal years begin on October 1 and end on September 30 each year.“I couldn’t be prouder of the brave men and women of ICE, who just broke more historic records,” the Homeland Security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, said in a release. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, ICE has been unleashed to target and remove illegal aliens so that we can save American lives,” he added.The department said that more than 3 million migrants have also left the country voluntarily under Mr. Trump.Democrats won enough seats in the midterms to take control of both chambers of Congress when the new term begins in January. Exit polls showed voters thought that the immigration crackdown went too far.“I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out,” Mr. Trump acknowledged on 60 Minutes. “But I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs.”“Last week America rebuked Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. It has killed people, killed communities and killed businesses,” said Congressman Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat, in an X post. “In January, change is coming.”Despite the 60 Minutes interview, Mr. Trump has shown no sign that he is planning to revise his tactics. Shortly after the interview, he announced that the architect of the administration’s deportation policies, Stephen Miller, would be his new White House chief of staff.

‘Unleashed’ Homeland Security Reports Record Arrests and Deportations in Months Before Midterm Elections

‘Unleashed’ Homeland Security Reports Record Arrests and Deportations in Months Before Midterm Elections

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