Note: This story has been updated to include a statement from ICE.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 1,400 people in the Columbus area in 2025, five times as many people as it did in 2024, according to an analysis of agency data published by the Deportation Data Project.
That total includes approximately 240 people arrested in Columbus and central Ohio during “Operation Buckeye,” an immigration enforcement blitz that ICE said ran from Dec. 16 to 21, 2025…