Monthly ICE Arrests in California, a 2024 and 2025 comparison

This chart compares monthly ICE arrest totals for California for the first half of the year in 2024 and 2025. The data show a steady uptick in 2025, with May and June driving the largest year-over-year increases.

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The data was filtered to remove potential duplicates and incomplete data. Arrest data includes people taken into ICE custody through prisons.

Source: Deportation Data ProjectChart: Rebecca-Ann Jattan