ICE announces arrests of undocumented migrants with prior convictions
Apr 9, 2026

ICE announced it had arrested multiple undocumented migrants with prior criminal convictions, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the agency's reopened VOICE Office program supporting victims of crimes committed by undocumented migrants. The agency provided examples of five individuals arrested, including people convicted of assault, robbery, and injury to a child, but did not specify total arrest numbers or clarify whether individuals were newly arrested or transferred from local custody. According to an analysis by UC Berkeley's Deportation Data Project using ICE data, arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions increased 770% during Trump's second term, while street arrests surged over 1,000%. ICE arrests more than quadrupled overall, with the increased street arrests occurring in neighborhoods, immigration courts, and ICE field offices. The analysis found that detention has led more people to abandon their cases, resulting in higher deportation rates.
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