Authorities arrested 37,547 individuals in connection with “transnational criminal threats against the United States” in fiscal year 2019—a record high, according to a report by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
The report stated that 5,750 individuals were arrested in connection to human smuggling, a 41 percent increase from fiscal year 2018, as well as 2,197 associated with human trafficking, up 38 percent from the previous fiscal year. HSI also identified more victims this fiscal year than in 2018, with 428 victims saved.
