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ICE Detention Trends | Vera Institute of Justice

Every year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subjects hundreds of thousands of people to civil immigration detention—a practice that is unjust, inhumane, and completely unnecessary. It does so under a veil of secrecy, sharing only limited, often error-prone statistics with the public. ICE’s failure to regularly release accurate, complete, and accessible data to the public enables it to operate its multi-billion-dollar detention network with impunity and little oversight.

‘Detention Alley’: inside the Ice centres in the US south where foreign students and undocumented migrants languish

Foreign nationals caught up in Trump’s immigration dragnet are transported sometimes thousands of miles away to an isolated network of lockups and courts

USA: « We had whistles, they had guns »: Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Operations and the Case to Abolish ICE

Amnesty International has documented that, since taking office on 20 January 2025, the Trump administration has subjected migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to a wide range of human rights violations. The administration is implementing a mass detention and deportation system, fuelled by racist, xenophobic and false narratives and white supremacist theories, whose objective is to […]

USA: "We had whistles, they had guns": Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Operations and the Case to Abolish ICE - Amnesty International

Amnesty International has documented that, since taking office on 20 January 2025, the Trump administration has subjected migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to a wide range of human rights violations. The administration is implementing a mass detention and deportation system, fuelled by racist, xenophobic and false narratives and white supremacist theories, whose objective is to […]

House Democrats Introduce Bill to Help Wrongfully Detained Citizens Sue ICE — ProPublica

We recently reported that more than 500 American citizens have been detained by immigration agents. Now House members are moving to make it easier for those detained to seek justice through the courts.

Opinion | I'm a U.S. senator. Here’s why Delaney Hall immigration detention center must be closed.

Sen. Andy Kim: The Trump administration is trying to break immigrants’ spirits in places like Delaney Hall. We can’t let that happen.

10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies

A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings.

Search More Than 500 Cases of U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents — ProPublica

ProPublica has cataloged every case we can find of an immigration agent detaining a citizen during the current Trump administration. Explore our database to learn more about each incident.

Toolkit: Lost in the US immigration detention system — Freedom for Immigrants

Below are some scenarios where your friend or loved one might be depending on how they interacted with immigration enforcement:  

Advocates, watchdog launch investigation into ICE’s response to hunger strike at Folkston detention center

FOLKSTON, GA – Today, American Oversight, Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta launched an investigation into Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s)…

Research Shows ICE Raids Are Killing Local Economies

Contrary to the “worst of the worst” posturing presented by the Trump administration, it’s long been known that immigrants (both legal or otherwise) commit fewer crimes than natur…

ICE Detention Facilities - Directory

This directory provides transparency and information about ICE detention facilities across the United States.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Deportation Data Project

ICE collects data on every person it encounters, arrests, detains, transports via flight, and deports, and every detainer request to local jails.

ICE Is Constantly Using Coast Guard Planes to Move Immigrants

Donald Trump’s deportation henchmen appear to have dramatically increased the use of Coast Guard aircraft to transport immigrants.

A new ICE facility could speed up deportations for families and kids

The Trump administration plans to open a 528-bed holding center for migrant families and unaccompanied children awaiting removal from the U.S., putting it next to a Louisiana airfield that has become the nation’s largest hub of deportation flights.