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Number of immigration arrests rising in what's called a 'major surge

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published July 6, 2026 at 11:01 AM CDT

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with New York Times immigration policy reporter Hamed Aleaziz about how federal agents have been working overtime in the past week to double the recent rate of immigration arrests.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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