ICE Sets New Monthly Record in August With Most-Ever Illegal Immigrants Arrested

President Donald Trump’s deportation machine reached a new milestone in August as Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more illegal immigrants nationwide than any previous month.

The Department of Homeland Security announced late Wednesday that ICE took 50,925 people into custody last month. The figure surpassed the July record of 50,208 and the previous record of 43,900 set in June.

“For the third straight month, ICE set a new record for the highest number of illegal aliens arrested in a single month, nearly 51,000. This is promises made and promises kept in action,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement.

The record month included many arrests during ICE’s Operation Rotten Apple, the White House’s promised crackdown across New York state.

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