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WASHINGTON (AP) u Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 10,000
people over a five-day period at the end of June, marking a major push
by the agency tasked with carrying out the Trump administrationAs mass deportations agenda.

The arrest numbers, obtained from a person familiar with the information
who spoke anonymously to discuss data that has not been publicly
released, comes after the agency shifted its approach from high-profile
arrest sweeps in major American cities to quieter ways to reach
President Donald TrumpAs deportation goals.

The figures indicate that while the administration is no longer cracking
down on individual cities, the arrests continue and are surging.

The total number of arrests during the five-day period starting Friday
and ending Tuesday translates into roughly 2,000 arrests per day. It was
not clear where the arrests had taken place.

The spike in arrests was first reported by The New York Times.

oSince Day One, DHS law enforcement has been delivering on President
TrumpAs promise to the American people to arrest and deport criminal
illegal aliens including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members,
and terrorists,o said the Department of Homeland Security in a
statement. oOur message is clear: if you come to our country illegally,
we will find you, we will arrest you, and we will deport you.o

The arrests news also comes as the number of people entered into ICE
detention facilities climbed in June to roughly 39,000 after hovering
around 30,000 per month since February, according to information
obtained by The Associated Press.

ICE doesnAt publicly release arrest data, making exact comparisons with previous periods difficult. But according to data provided to UC
BerkeleyAs Deportation Data Project and analyzed by The Associated
Press, 2,000 arrests per day would mark a sharp increase over previous
periods.

December had the most ICE arrests since the beginning of the Trump administration, and that month only averaged 1,283 arrests per day
nationwide.

In January, at a time when the administration flooded the streets of Minneapolis and surrounding regions with hundreds of immigration
enforcement officers, arrests averaged about 1,212 per day across the
country.

But Minneapolis proved to be a turning point in the Trump
administrationAs mass deportations agenda after two American citizens
were killed by immigration officers while protesting the crackdown in Minneapolis.

Border Czar Tom Homan started drawing down the number of officers in
Minnesota as the agency stepped back from the flashy surge operations
that had been common during the tenure of then- Homeland Security
Secretary Kristi Noem.

Operations under Noem headed by former Border Patrol Chief Gregory
Bovino were marked by frequent clashes between immigration enforcement
officers and protesters, in footage that was often splashed across the DepartmentAs social media channels.

In February, immigration arrests fell to 1,057 a day, according to
information from the Deportation Data Project. The Project sued through
the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the ICE arrests data and it is
only current through February.

After Noem was fired, her successor at Homeland Security, Markwayne
Mullin, suggested heAd be taking a more low-profile approach to
immigration enforcement and he aimed to get the department out of the headlines. But Mullin was expected to adopt TrumpAs priorities on
immigration.

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