McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in July had a drop in migrant arrests nationwide but an increase in removals, according to new data.

The average daily bookings from July 1-26 was 990 per day, down 19% from 1,224 daily bookings in June, Transactional Access Records Clearinghouse (TRAC) reports. The total number of people booked into an ICE detention facility in July was 31,281, that included 27,483 arrested by ICE and 3,798 arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, TRAC reports.

There were 56,945 migrants detained in ICE custody, which is down 1.5% from the 57,861 detainees in June.

TRAC reports that in July the number of migrants removed from the United States increased by an average of 84 more per day from June.

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