ICE Sets July Record

For years, Americans were told that enforcing our immigration laws on a meaningful scale was unrealistic.

July proved otherwise.

According to multiple federal sources cited by Fox News, federal immigration authorities made approximately 51,000 arrests in July, averaging roughly 1,645 every day. The reported total surpassed the approximately 43,000 arrests recorded in June and represented the highest monthly figure in the agency’s history. (Fox News, CBS News)

These numbers demonstrate what determined enforcement can accomplish. But the ultimate measure of success is not a statistic on a government spreadsheet.

It is whether dangerous criminals are removed from American communities.

The Priority Must Be Public Safety

Murderers. Gang members. Drug traffickers. Repeat violent offenders.

Dangerous criminal illegal immigrants must be identified, arrested, detained, and removed before another American family becomes a victim.

Federal authorities have already documented operations involving MS-13 members and illegal immigrants convicted of offenses including manslaughter, weapons violations, assault, and drug trafficking. These are not abstract immigration cases. These are individuals who can present a direct threat to public safety. (Department of Homeland Security)

The July arrest figures show that federal authorities have the ability to operate nationwide at a significant scale. That capacity must now remain focused on the offenders who pose the greatest danger to American citizens.

Every dangerous criminal removed means one fewer threat on an American street.

End Sanctuary Obstruction

Federal enforcement becomes harder when sanctuary jurisdictions refuse to cooperate with immigration authorities.

When local officials decline federal detainers or restrict information sharing, dangerous offenders can be released before federal agents can take custody. Officers must then locate and arrest those individuals elsewhere, creating additional risks for law enforcement and the surrounding community.

The Department of Homeland Security has documented cases in which sanctuary jurisdictions released criminal illegal immigrants despite federal detainers, forcing authorities to conduct separate enforcement operations afterward. (Department of Homeland Security)

Public safety should never be sacrificed to protect a sanctuary policy.

Local authorities must cooperate when federal officials seek custody of dangerous criminal illegal immigrants. Congress must also close loopholes that allow sanctuary jurisdictions to obstruct lawful enforcement.

Turn Arrests Into Removals

An arrest is the beginning of the process, not the end.

If dangerous offenders are arrested but the government lacks sufficient detention space, transportation capacity, case-processing resources, or removal flights, the threat has not been fully addressed.

Congress must provide the resources necessary to:

• Expand detention capacity for dangerous offenders.
• Accelerate lawful case processing.
• Increase transportation and removal operations.
• Improve cooperation between federal, state, and local law enforcement.
• Prevent sanctuary jurisdictions from releasing dangerous criminal illegal immigrants.

The objective is straightforward: dangerous offenders should not be returned to the same communities where they were arrested.

Keep Dangerous Criminals Off Our Streets

July’s reported 51,000 arrests demonstrate that large-scale enforcement is possible.

Now that enforcement must remain focused on protecting American citizens.

Secure America Now supports the officers working to remove dangerous criminals from our communities. We also call on Congress to provide the detention capacity, removal infrastructure, and legal tools required to finish the job.

Arrest dangerous criminal illegal immigrants.

Keep them in custody.

Remove them from our country.

Protect American families first.