Immigration and Customs Enforcement recorded 49,571 arrests in July — the highest monthly total of Trump's second term, and 15% above June's previous record of 43,021. Averaged out, that's roughly 1,599 arrests every day of the month.
DHS and Customs and Border Protection separately announced 15 consecutive months with zero releases at the border, part of what the agency describes as a historic low in border crossings. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin framed it as the border security agenda 'restoring order,' while critics point to the same numbers as evidence of an enforcement posture with real human cost behind every count.
Beyond the monthly figures, the administration puts total deportations since Trump's return to office above 605,000, with another 1.9 million people self-deporting — a combined 2.5 million-plus who have left the country by one route or another. Whatever your read on the policy, the scale of it is no longer in dispute.