Immigration officers are now averaging between 20 and 40 arrests per day, compared with fewer than 10 a day in May 2025, a senior DHS official said.ICE agents were common presences at airports earlier this year, when TSA funding was frozen during a partial government shutdown.Antranik Tavitian / Getty ImagesAug. 3, 2026, 4:17 PM EDTICE officers have more than doubled arrests at airports nationwide since the effort began last summer, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
ICE officers are increasingly making arrests at U.S. airports
Immigration officers are now averaging between 20 and 40 arrests per day, compared with fewer than 10 a day in May 2025, a senior DHS official said.
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