Over 300 immigrants arrested on first day of ICE raid, Trump’s border czar says
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Federal agencies begin executing Trump’s immigration plans. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the information toThe Independent but asked not to be identified because they did not have permission to speak to the media. Some of the 308 migrants were arrested in their homes, on the street and released into ICE custody from local jails.
![[Migrants turn themselves in to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers after crossing over a section of border wall into the U.S. in Ruby, Arizona this month]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/17/22/2192509741.jpg)
All agency field offices that could send officers out were asked to do so. Some of the migrants detained had a final order of removal. Some of those detained from jails had been arrested for major crimes, including murder, sexual assault, and sexual assault involving minors.
No minors were arrested in the raids, the official said. The migrants will now go into enforcement removal operations custody until they are deported or another ruling is made by an immigration court. They’ll be held in an ICE detention facility near where the arrests took place or transported to facilities in other jurisdictions.
President Donald Trump’s Border Czar boasted about the arrests during an interview with Fox News Wednesday. “We’re concentrating on the worst first, the public safety threats and national security threats,” said Tom Homan. “And just yesterday, in the last 24 hours, ICE arrested over 308 ... serious criminals.”.
Homan did not describe the arrests as raids, noting that officials know exactly who they’re going to go after and where they’re located. “ICE is performing excellent right now out in the field, and they’re going to continue every day,” he added.
