Over a five-day period ending in late June, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly arrested 10,000 individuals, signaling an intensified push towards the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda. The unnamed source, privy to the data, revealed that this surge in arrests comes after ICE shifted its strategies from high-profile sweeps in major cities to more covert methods of reaching President Donald Trump's deportation targets. Approximately 2,000 arrests were made daily during this period, with the exact locations remaining undisclosed. The New York Times was the first to report on this spike in arrests. In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security affirmed their commitment to enforcing Trump's pledge to apprehend and expel criminal immigrants, including those accused of murder, rape, pedophilia, gang activity, and terrorism. Meanwhile, the number of individuals detained by ICE increased in June to around 39,000, up from a monthly average of 30,000 since February. Despite not publicly releasing arrest data, the figures indicate a significant increase compared to previous periods, with December recording the most arrests since the Trump administration's inception, averaging 1,283 daily nationwide. The shift in approach followed two American citizens being killed by immigration officers during protests against their crackdown in Minneapolis, prompting a reevaluation of tactics. Under the leadership of Border Czar Tom Homan, arrest operations became less frequent and less confrontational, moving away from the high-profile surges that were common during Kristi Noem's tenure as Homeland Security Secretary.