Arrests and deportations by federal immigration agents are climbing sharply in the New York City area after an initial slow start in President Donald Trump’s second term, according to a Gothamist analysis of new data.

Some 3,300 immigrants were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New York from Jan. 20, when Trump began his second term, through July 29, the data shows. That was a 56% increase from the same period a year ago.

So far this year, ICE has already deported more than three times the number of immigrant New Yorkers who were removed in all of last year.

The surging numbers have partly been driven by arrests at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, where immigrants have been taken into custody after appearing in immigration court proceedings held there.

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