ICE sets new monthly record in August with most-ever illegal immigrants arrested

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.The White House has fulfilled its promise to surge ICE into the sanctuary state and go after illegal immigrants who were released from jail and prison.Mullin on Tuesday said federal immigration authorities had taken 2,197 illegal immigrants off the street over a 33-day period that ran from July 27 through Aug. 29.The Trump administration is following through on one of Trump’s key campaign promises to deliver the “largest-ever” deportation operation in national history.To date, roughly 1 million illegal immigrants have been removed from the United States by ICE, while an additional 2 million have self-deported, according to DHS.DEPORTED MILO YIANNOPOULOS ‘VERY ASHAMED’ TO HAVE SUPPORTED TRUMPThe Trump administration continues to offer illegal immigrants a free flight out of the country and a $3,000 payment for voluntarily leaving.“Under President Trump’s leadership, ICE is working around the clock every day to arrest and deport illegal aliens from American communities,” Mullin said. “If you are in the country illegally, LEAVE NOW. If not, we will find you, arrest you, and deport you.”