ICE street sweeps net thousands of collateral arrests with no individual warrants
May 1, 2026

Between August 2025 and March 2026, approximately 64,000 people were arrested by ICE during street sweeps as "collateral" arrests—detained based on appearance or proximity to someone with a warrant rather than having individualized warrants themselves. These collateral arrests represented roughly a quarter of ICE's 253,000 total arrests during this period. About 70% of collateral arrests involved only immigration-related violations, compared to 41% of warrant-based arrests, and less than 2% involved violent crime convictions. Multiple lawsuits have challenged the legality of these arrests, and arrest numbers declined following public outcry.
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