NYC’s Immigration Arrests Jump 11%, Putting Sanctuary City to Test
As local businesses gird for raids, the biggest US city has so far seen less immigration enforcement than Los Angeles or Miami.
Protesters gather in the Bronx to denounce Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities in the borough, on June 19, 2025.
Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The Trump administration’s tactics to swiftly detain and deport immigrants have businesses and advocates in New York City bracing for a crackdown, even as new data shows fewer arrests than other big cities with large immigrant populations.
More than 1,900 people have been arrested in New York City by federal immigration authorities since President Donald Trump took office, an 11% increase from the same period last year, according to figures obtained by the Deportation Data Project and analyzed by Bloomberg. That’s far less than the increases in Los Angeles (69%), Chicago (57%) and Miami (161%).