The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recorded its highest number of arrests in June since the beginning of the second Trump administration, with 39,563 immigrants detained and entered into custody centers, according to data published by the agency.
Adding the arrests made by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which detained 3,575 additional people during the same period, the combined total of immigration arrests in June reached 43,138, according to figures released by Infobae.
Currently, more than 65,000 people remain in ICE custody, representing a 9% increase compared to April 2026.
The release of this data came weeks late: Congress requires ICE to disclose detention figures twice a month, but the agency had not released the number of detainees since April.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) justified the delay by attributing it to the partial shutdown of the agency: "The delay in the Detention Management report is due to the longest government shutdown in history, caused by the Democrats. Following the end of the shutdown, ICE is working diligently to publish the report and the corresponding data as soon as possible."
That partial closure of the DHS lasted for 76 days, from February 14 to April 30, 2026, although more than 93% of ICE and CBP personnel continued to operate in the field during that time.
The record for June reflects a sustained increase in operations throughout the year. At the end of June and the beginning of July, ICE surpassed 10,000 detentions in just five days, at a rate of nearly 2,000 arrests per day, double that recorded at the beginning of 2026.
The Cuban community has been particularly affected by this intensification. The detentions of Cubans by ICE increased by 463% between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2026, according to the Cato Institute, and by January of this year, there were 42,084 Cubans with final deportation orders in the United States.
During fiscal year 2025, ICE recorded 15,487 arrests of Cuban immigrants, a 200% increase compared to the previous year.
Miami has established itself as one of the main centers for migration operations, with over 41,000 arrests since January 2025, of which nearly 10,000 occurred in just the first four months of 2026.
The historical peak of individuals in ICE custody was reached in January 2026, when the figure rose to approximately 73,000 detainees, according to CBS News, a level that the agency has not returned to but is approaching with the increase noted in June.
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