Last week, at a Voice of San Diego event in Escondido, I spoke with one of our readers who lives in the area about recent arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, across the nation.

“There haven’t been many ICE arrests in North County, right?” he asked me. “I haven’t really heard of any.”

I had anecdotally heard about ICE arrests ramping up in North County, but his question inspired me to look at the numbers. It turns out, there has been an increase in ICE arrests across North County, with Escondido seeing the highest number of ICE arrests when compared to other North County cities.

I analyzed some data that was recently compiled by the Deportation Data Project, first reported by Axios San Diego. As of June 26, the most recent data available, ICE arrests in North Cou

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