A federal judge has halted Virginia from eliminating existing 287(g) agreements with ICE, a huge win for enforcement.

The latest deportation data shows ICE arrests have surged to new highs, even in New York, as DHS takes a “quieter, more efficient approach”.

ICE arrests have spiked in NYC and doubled across upstate NY, driven by a greater focus on aliens with ‘no criminal history’ in the US.

The Trump admin is restoring the obligation states have to report known illegal aliens who have applied to use or have used public services like cash assistance in the jurisdiction of said state. Since 1998, there was no requirement to do so. The Trump admin has changed that.

Another case of Trump wielding good provisions and withdrawing bad policy that's sat for decades.

The Trump admin is pulling every lever to support immigration enforcement, including first-ever fines on illegals, penalties on immigration attorneys, now this welfare reporting requirement. Elections do matter, and the Trump admin continues to deliver.

“ICE is arresting more people than ever”, Salon and NBC report.

ICE has made record-breaking arrests in June, July and August, alongside a back-to-back rise in alien removals. Thanks to growing 287(g) agreements and quiet but expansive enforcement, mass deportations are ramping up.

Mass Deportations are happening: ICE has now set three straight months of record-breaking arrests, netting the highest totals in agency history. June, July and August dwarf decades prior.

Unlike previous admins, which focused on border crossers and select targets, Trump's ICE is detaining and deporting record numbers of illegal aliens from the interior. And it isn't just the 'worst of the worst'. ICE has arrested more aliens with "no criminal record" in the first 7 months of 2026 than it did in all of 2025.

Since Mullin's confirmation, ICE has begun arresting visa overstays, former TPS, and worksite raids have increased.

Immigration attorneys are demoralized. A mexican atty. in L.A. says virtually none of her cases are winnable anymore. Under Trump, she sees her clients set for deportation faster and more often than ever before. Rejection and removal has become the de facto default outcome.

“Everyone’s on the chopping block now ... It's never been this bad”

Report from CIS, citing CPS and others, estimates:

"The total foreign-born population declined 2.9 million from January 2025 to July 2026... The huge recent decline in the foreign-born population indicates that net migration to the United States was negative in the last year and a half for the first time since the 1930s."

Another removal flight has landed in Haiti as the Trump admin ramps up Haitian deportations to record levels.

For decades, the 287(g) program for local agencies to identify and arrest illegal aliens went unused. From 1996 to 2016, only tens of agencies joined. It wasn't until Trump I that we reached 100 agreements.

Now, in Trump II, we're gaining more than 100 agreements every month. Everyone should urge their local law enforcement to cooperation with ICE. Expand Mass Deputization to grow Mass Deportations.

https://www.ice.gov/identify-and-arrest/287g

Under Trump, local law enforcement have become deportation deputies. During their routine duties, police are increasingly identifying and arresting illegal aliens at record levels.

The state of Oklahoma, for example, now has among the highest immigration arrests per capita thanks to its ICE-allied state troopers and highway patrol. 287(g) is transforming the country.