Current State of Immigration - Immigration Coalition of QC

The Current State of Immigration

Immigration Coalition QC

Here are where things are as of July 8th, 2025:

From January to July, there have been many changes to the immigration system. These rapid changes have completely reformed the immigration landscape and have been so numerous that it is difficult to keep track of them all! Here are where things are as of July 8th, 2025:

Deportation

• At least 56,000 immigrants are currently being held in ICE detention centers
  • Almost 30,000 of those detained have no criminal record
  • The number of immigrants detained without a criminal record has nearly doubled since May
• The Trump Administration has a goal of making 3,000 ICE arrests a day
  • For reference, on June 3rd, 2025 ICE made the most arrests ever in a single day at 2,200.
• The Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that required 15 days’ notice to individuals the Trump Administration is trying to deport to countries other than their own. Potential deportees now are not guaranteed time to contact their lawyers and present evidence showing their lives would be in danger if deported to their own or third countries. This has resulted in deportations to third countries being conducted within 24 hours.

ICE and Immigration Enforcement Strategies

• ICE is now the largest law enforcement agency in the country, with a budget of $170 billion
  • $45 billion has been allocated to expand their detention capabilities to at least 116,000 beds
  • $30 billion has been allocated for transportation and removals, and to hire 10,000 new deportation officers
  • $46.5 billion has been allocated to complete a wall along the US-Mexico border
• Top Health and Human Services officials directed the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services to share data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about millions of Medicaid recipients for the purposes of immigration enforcement. The data already shared pertained to residents of California, Illinois, Washington, and Washington D.C..
• The Department of Agriculture has told states that they need to turn over names, social security numbers, addresses, and dates of birth for all those who applied for SNAP benefits in the past five years or risk losing federal funding. DHS has also brokered agreements with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to get data on noncitizens.
• In order to raise arrest numbers, DHS is now asking for immigration cases to be dismissed and arresting immigrants immediately at the courthouse.

Asylum, Temporary Legal Protections, and Naturalized Citizenship

• In an executive order signed in January, seeking asylum through our southern border has been completely halted – meaning all claims are denied.
  • In July, a federal judge ruled that this order is unlawful. This decision is being appealed.
• The Trump Administration has ended or attempted to end temporary legal protections for migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nepal, Haiti, and Venezuela.
• The Justice Department has been directed to prioritize denaturalization in cases involving immigrants who have gained their citizenship but committed certain crimes (or at the discretion of the Justice Department).
  
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