The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Wednesday that federal authorities have arrested more than 10,000 suspected gang members since President Donald Trump began his second term.
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Fox News reports that the arrests are part of the administration’s extensive immigration enforcement campaign, aimed at removing violent criminals from U.S. communities.
According to DHS, those arrested have been accused of crimes including murder, assault with a deadly weapon, drug trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, robbery and extortion.
Many of these gang members were released into our country under the Biden administration.
Under @POTUS Trump’s leadership and thanks to the Secure America Act, @ICEgov is turbocharged to arrest even more gang members and criminals from American neighborhoods. https://t.co/L8OC0Dj2hz
— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) June 24, 2026
In a press release, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin celebrated the milestone, stating:
These vicious criminals murdered, assaulted, robbed, and terrorized innocent Americans for sport. Thanks to the Secure America Act, ICE is turbocharged to arrest even more gang members and criminals from American neighborhoods.
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Mullin also said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has delivered on the administration’s goal of making the country’s communities safer.
Officials say illegal immigration has declined by more than 87% compared with October 2024 levels.
But suspected gang members aren’t the only ones getting the boot, according to the New York Post which reports that, as of last week, the government had deported nearly 900,000 illegal immigrants from U.S. soil since Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025.
The agency’s 10,000th arrest came when ICE agents collared Javier Hernandez Rosas, an illegal migrant from Mexico and an alleged member of the terrorist organization MS-13. Rosas’ rap sheet included a cocaine possession conviction and arrests for abduction and weapon possession.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it reached a record staffing level this spring, with 21,471 agents — the highest in the agency’s 102-year history.
In the DHS press release, Mullin said, “Thanks to the Secure America Act, ICE is turbocharged to arrest even more gang members and criminals from American neighborhoods,” referring to the $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package passed by Congress earlier this month.
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