# 'Worst of the worst'? ICE arrests soar as agency targets asylum seekers

https://mins.news/en/video/35999

- CNN, 2026-08-28 17:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIpV3oBHo_U

> As the Trump administration intensifies efforts to deport noncitizens, people whose documents they believed allowed them to remain in the US are being targeted. ICE arrests have surged toward the agency’s goal of 2,000 a day. New data shows most people arrested in July had no criminal convictions or charges.

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