More than a third of those arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the first nine months of Donald Trump’s presidency were Mexican. Official data from the federal government, published by local media, revealed that Mexicans represented the largest group of those detained, some 85,000.
Around 90 percent of the more than 220,000 people arrested by ICE were men, mostly between 25 and 45 years old, followed by Guatemalans (31,000) and Hondurans (24,000). The data also shows that 75,000 of those arrested had no criminal record.
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For his part, Ariel Ruiz Soto, an analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, stated that this “contradicts the government’s claim that they are going after the worst offenders.”
ICE arrested an average of 824 people per day during the first nine months of Trump’s presidency, a figure more than double what the Biden administration achieved, and still far below the 3,000 daily arrests that Deputy Chief of Staff and architect of anti-immigrant policies Stephen Miller set as the official goal.
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Meanwhile, the Detention Watch Network, a civil rights organization that monitors authorities regarding the apprehension of people, stated that “the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is arbitrarily arresting and detaining people on a massive scale.”
“This year, there has been a rise in reports of deaths, medical neglect, isolation, overcrowding, lack of food, and excessive transfers in detention that sever ties (for detainees) with their loved ones and support networks,” it added. The Detention Watch Network added that at least 25 detainees have died in ICE custody since January.
The government indicated that as of December 3, it had a total of 65,735 immigrants in detention, with another 182,000 under surveillance in ICE’s “alternatives to detention” program.
Chicago has been one of the epicenters of protests against ICE policies. Hundreds of demonstrators have regularly protested outside the ICE facility in Broadview since the Trump administration launched its offensive against immigrants in Chicago through “Operation Midway Blitz.”
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In this regard, the Peoples Dispatch platform noted that since the operation began in September, Chicago has become a critical point in the fight against Trump’s mass deportation operation.
Not only have local groups and organizations been engaging in popular education about the history of the struggle for immigrant rights and organizing “know your rights” training sessions, but city residents have also participated in spontaneous community resistance wherever they see ICE operations.
“In response to the ICE presence in the city, it has become common for residents to get out of their cars, start filming, and ask agents what they are doing. On October 18, in a massive show of force, Chicago residents took to the streets in one of the largest ‘No Kings Day’ protests in the country, where Mayor Brandon Johnson called for a ‘general strike’ against Trump,” the Peoples Dispatch reported.
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