1 million a year: Inside Trump’s ‘illegal’ crackdown on immigrants

Apr 23, 2026 | 13:41 IST

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Immigration arrests have risen to about 1,300 a day, up from a daily average of 350 prior to Trump’s second term, while detentions of non-criminal cases jumped from roughly 860 to 24,500. Here’s how the US president is pushing through his anti-immigrant agenda despite legal hurdles

Since taking office in 2025, President Donald Trump has overseen a sharp expansion of immigration arrests, a steep drop in unlawful border crossings, and a sweeping rollback of legal protections that once shielded hundreds of thousands from deportation.

The administration’s budget documents show that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aims to deport 1 million immigrants per year.

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1 million a year: Inside Trump’s ‘illegal’ crackdown on immigrants

Immigration arrests have risen to about 1,300 a day, up from a daily average of 350 prior to Trump’s second term, while detentions of non-criminal cases jumped from roughly 860 to 24,500. Here’s how the US president is pushing through his anti-immigrant agenda despite legal hurdles

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1 million a year: Inside Trump’s ‘illegal’ crackdown on immigrants

Immigration arrests have risen to about 1,300 a day, up from a daily average of 350 prior to Trump’s second term, while detentions of non-criminal cases jumped from roughly 860 to 24,500. Here’s how the US president is pushing through his anti-immigrant agenda despite legal hurdles

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