Markwayne Mullin, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security attends an event Thursday in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, which falls under the department, arrested nearly 50,000 people in July. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, an average of more than 1,500 people a day, according to newly released government data.
This sets a new monthly record for ICE in President Donald Trump's second term. ICE provided the information to the Deportation Data Project based at UC Berkeley and UCLA.
"The way people are being detained is far less flashy, but we are continuing to see arrests," Melissa Shepard, director of legal services at immigrant services group ImmDef, told The Guardian. "It's just on a quieter scale instead of, you know, 10, 12 officers making one arrest, you have a handful of officers pulling someone over."
Markwayne Mullin took over as secretary of U.S. Homeland Security in March, succeeding Kristi Noem, and said he would fulfill Trump's deportation goals without constant headlines.
