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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained over 10,000 people across the U.S. over the past five days.

According to The New York Times, top ICE officials have pushed to double daily arrest numbers in recent days after the White House called for an increase to 2,000 ICE arrests per day.

The number of people detained in ICE immigration jails has also jumped by nearly 4,000 in recent days, with more than 63,000 people in ICE detention nationwide.

The White House’s push for an increase in ICE arrests and detentions is likely buoyed by the Supreme Court decisions at the end of June that gave President Donald Trump increased power in implementing his anti-immigrant agenda. The Supreme Court gave Trump the green light to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from some 350,000 Haitians and Syrians, while giving border officials more ability to remove lawful green card holders and reject asylum seekers.

The White House’s deportation plans were also emboldened by major increases in ICE and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding in 2025 – with the “Big Beautiful Bill” allocating $170 billion to DHS – and in June, with the “Secure America Act” ensuring funding for ICE and DHS through 2029. Under Trump, ICE has become the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the country.

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