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Texas, Florida and California Concentrate the Highest Number of ICE Arrests in the United States
A survey published by La Nacion places those three states at the top of the immigration detentions recorded since the start of Donald Trump’s second term through August 6, 2026. Florida saw a sharp increase in June, amid greater coordination with the federal government.
The United States is recording a new increase in immigration arrests under the administration of Donald Trump, with Texas, Florida and California as the jurisdictions with the most detentions by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service, according to La Nacion.
According to those data, Texas accumulated 124,601 arrests from the start of the second presidential term through August 6, 2026. Florida followed with 57,715, and California with 46,711. The group of the five states with the most proceedings is completed by Georgia, with 21,060, and New York, with 19,042.
La Nacion also noted that in Florida there was a marked acceleration between May and June 2026: detentions rose from 3,306 to 7,170. The newspaper attributed that increase to cooperation with the federal government and the signing of 287(g) agreements, based on an analysis by BBC News Mundo cited by Deportation Data Project.
According to data from the Department of Homeland Security cited by La Nacion, in August 2026 ICE detained 50,925 people nationwide, almost twice as many as in the same month the previous year. Among the operations mentioned are 121 arrests in a raid in Memphis, Tennessee, and 2,197 detentions in a monthlong operation in New York.
The publication also indicated that Mexico leads the list of nationalities with the most people arrested, with 213,894 cases, equivalent to 39% of the total. It is followed by Guatemala, with 79,174; Honduras, with 60,152; Venezuela, with 35,704; El Salvador, with 24,548; and Nicaragua, with 17,202.
Still according to La Nacion, since September 2025 the number of detainees without criminal charges has exceeded that of people with convictions or pending cases. The outlet added that the expansion of the operations is supported by funds allocated under H.R.1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which set aside US$75,000 million for ICE over a four-year period.
In that context, Deportation Data Project stated, according to what was published by La Nacion, that most of the people arrested are deported in less than 60 days and that only 7% regain their freedom within that period. The report also warned about a change in the profile of those detained, which now includes foreigners with canceled temporary legal status, asylum seekers and people who have been living in the country for decades.
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