FBI Director: Over 6,000 Arrested Since Jan. 20 in Immigration Enforcement

Tren de Aragua and MS-13 members are among the thousands detained as the FBI and DHS ramp up enforcement efforts.

U.S. military personnel escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on March 30, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters

FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday said the agency has detained and arrested over 6,000 individuals in its immigration enforcement efforts in the first months of the Trump administration.

Among those apprehended were 310 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and 136 members of MS-13, a transnational criminal organization founded by immigrants from El Salvador, according to Patel.