It would appear that President Trump’s orders recently assigning substantial personnel from the national guard and the U.S. military to target Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. may have been counter-productive in failing to increase total arrests countrywide. And there is little evidence so far that the thousands of additional investigators who have been diverted from the FBI, DEA, ATF, and U.S. Marshals Service to assist ICE has been an effective strategy to boost immigration arrests either.

ICE is far, far below the level of 3,000 daily arrests ordered last May.

Detention numbers are up slightly – although major doubts remain on how complete or accurate ICE’s posted numbers actually are. The number of detention facilities ICE reports using has fallen. In June ICE reported using 201 detention facilities while in August this fell to just 186. Yet ICE reports a major push to add facilities from states and military bases to detain noncitizens who have been arrested.

Other highlights from data updated in TRAC's Detention Quick Facts tool show that:

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement held 61,226 in ICE detention according to data current as of August 24, 2025.
• 43,021 out of 61,226—or 70.3% held in ICE detention have no criminal conviction according to data current as of August 24, 2025. Many of those convicted committed only minor offenses, including traffic violations.
• ICE relied on detention facilities in Texas to house the most people during FY 2025, according to data current as of August 18, 2025.
• ICE arrested 27,475 and CBP arrested 3,798 of the 31,273 people booked into detention by ICE during July 2025.
• Adams County Det Center in Natchez, Mississippi held the largest number of ICE detainees so far in FY 2025, averaging 2,170 per day (as of August 2025).
• ICE Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programs are currently monitoring 182,584 families and single individuals, according to data current as of August 23, 2025.
• San Francisco's area office has the highest number in ICE's Alternatives to Detention (ATD) monitoring programs, according to data current as of August 23, 2025.

TRAC’s Immigration Quick Facts provides the latest data on immigrant detention, immigration court cases, and immigration prosecutions in federal court. Each page includes several key data points alongside a graphic or table, a short description for context, and a link to more data. Click here to see more about TRAC's entire suite of immigration tools.