ICE made over 142,000 arrests this past fiscal year — nearly double the number conducted in the previous year, when apprehensions dropped to pandemic-era lows, according to government figures.
The U.S. is seeing a rising number of asylum-seekers turning themselves in at the U.S.-Mexico border in anticipation of the lifting of Title 42.The U.S. is seeing a rising number of asylum-seekers turning themselves in at the U.S.-Mexico border in anticipation of the lifting of Title 42.Immigration and Customs Enforcement made more arrests and deportations this past fiscal year after dropping to significant lows during the pandemic.
Between Oct. 2021 and Sept. 30, immigration authorities made over 142,000 arrests. That's nearly double the number conducted in the year prior, according to government figures released last month. ICE also carried out more than 72,000 deportations — a slight increase from fiscal year 2021, when numbers dipped to a historic low since the agency's creation in 2003.
The agency said its workload"increased significantly" this past fiscal year due to a surge of migrants fleeing Central and South America to seek refuge in the U.S.
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