ICE Arrests in D.C. Region Reach Nearly 20,000 During Trump’s Second Term

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made nearly 20,000 arrests in D.C., Maryland and Virginia from the beginning of President Trump’s second administration last year through March 10, according to a Washington Post analysis of recent federal data.
By comparison, in the last full year of President Joe Biden’s administration, ICE recorded a little nearly 3,800 arrests in the region.
After a dramatic spike in immigration enforcement in D.C. last year, ICE arrests in the nation’s capital have fallen sharply since December, federal data shows. But the rate has remained relatively steady in Maryland and Virginia, where elected leaders and immigrant advocates say they are not seeing any indication that enforcement efforts are lessening.

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The crackdown on illegal immigration in the District last year began in earnest on Aug. 11 with Trump’s declaration of a “crime emergency” in the city. ICE arrested more than 1,400 people in the District between August and November of last year. But from December through March 11, the latest available date in the data, the agency has made just over 100 arrests.

The drop-off followed a judge’s ruling in early December that the Trump administration’s escalating use of immigration arrests in D.C. without a warrant probably violated federal law. {snip}

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Arrests in Maryland began to climb in September 2025 and peaked in January with more than 800. More than 500 people were arrested a month on average after August, climbing from more than 300 in the prior months.

As the total number of arrests in Maryland climbed, immigrants who had no criminal histories increasingly became the target. From August onward, 70 percent of those arrested by ICE in Maryland had no criminal record, the federal data shows. That number peaked in February, when nearly 80 percent of those arrested had no record.

In Virginia, ICE averaged nearly 700 arrests a month between January and August 2025. From September through early March 2026, that number increased to more than 800. Since the start of the current Trump administration through early March, more than half of those arrested by ICE in Virginia have no criminal record. That percentage has remained consistent throughout the months. Since June, nearly 60 percent of those arrested had no criminal records.

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