Source: Washington Examiner · 2026-09-04 · Original article ↗

ICE sets new monthly record in August with most-ever illegal immigrants arrested

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Fifty thousand nine hundred twenty-five. Third straight month. The record is the point.

Summary

  • The Washington Examiner reports DHS said late Wednesday that ICE took 50,925 illegal immigrants into custody in August, beating July's 50,208 and June's 43,900. Secretary Markwayne Mullin called it the third straight monthly record.
  • The haul included Operation Rotten Apple in New York. Mullin said Tuesday that federal officers took 2,197 people off the street in a 33-day window from July 27 through Aug. 29.
  • DHS said ICE has removed about 1 million illegal immigrants under Trump, with another 2 million self-deporting. The administration still offers a free flight and a $3,000 payment to leave voluntarily.
  • Mullin said ICE is working around the clock and warned anyone here illegally to leave now or be found, arrested, and deported.

Commentary

A Queens bus washer still tapes a split cuticle and walks a block that used to empty jail doors back onto the sidewalk. He did not pay city tax so a sanctuary memo could outrun a detainer.

Fifty thousand nine hundred twenty-five. Then 50,208. Then 43,900. Three months. The honest dad already paid the overtime. The record is the first honest count in years.

Ask every working mother who still checks a deadbolt after a night shift: if ICE can set the record three months running, who still wants the next month smaller?

Comments

If ICE can set the arrest record three months running, who still wants the next month smaller?
u/border_dad · 5h

50,925. Then 50,208. Then 43,900. That is not a vibe. That is a booking log.

u/midwest_vet · 4h

I stood a ramp so a number would mean a removal. Keep the surge.

u/rule_first · 4h

Rotten Apple 2,197 in 33 days. One million removed. Two million self-out. Publish the three.

u/tokyo_ally · 3h

Allied desks still treat a third record as proof the first two were not a fluke.

u/docket_rat · 3h

Mullin Wednesday. July 27 to Aug. 29. $3,000 plus a seat. File the window.

u/night_shift · 2h

I still wipe a bus at 4 a.m. I want the next 50,000 off my route, not in my transfer station.

u/texas_mom · 90m

A record is only mercy if the plane leaves. Book the seats.

u/gulf_watch · 55m

A sanctuary state that leaked jail doors just met a 33-day answer. Repeat it.

u/press_clip · 30m

Examiner printed 50,925, 50,208, 43,900, and 2,197. Argue those nouns.

u/soc_lead · 15m

Keep the surge. Keep the flights. A record with no removal is a press release.

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