Category: Deportations
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This press release, from America’s Voice, summarizes a report from Economic Insights and Research Consulting which describes the impact that deportations have had on the economy. The report shows significant changes to (1) agriculture, (2) construction, and (3) leisure/hospitality. Read the press release here You can download the paper Warning Signs of the Economic Harms…
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Intelligencer has written this article (The New Court Tactic Helping ICE Deport Immigrants) about how federal prosecutors are dismissing immigration cases in court which renders the person seeking relief unauthorized and open to deportation. ICE, in the courthouse, can detain these immigrants.
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The National Immigration Project joined the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy to launch Mapping Deportations, a website and organizing tool that traces deportation orders since the federal government began collecting this data.
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The FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests and litigation from the Deportation Data Project has provided more publicly available government data. There is now an Immigration Enforcement Dashboard which can provides a searchable database for arrests. Soon, the dashboard functionality will expand to include detainers, detention, encounters, and removals (deportations).
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The Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network has published this recommendation (not legal advice) What to do if Faced with Third-Country Deportation
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This article provides basic information and data about deportations. In April, ICE records show that 17,200 people were deported. Deportation flights are up from 4-4.5/day to 6-6.5/day. But the average number of deportations per day is less than 1000. The White House target is 3000 deportations per day.
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The KINO Border Initiative runs a shelter in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico that is currently receiving people who have been deported into Mexico. Their recent report “They Didn’t Let Me Say Bye” provides information about 278 deportees that were interviewed at the shelter during May, June, and July, 2025. Here is some highlights from the survey…
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Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) is the charter company that operates the majority of ICE deportations flights. From The Guardian, this article provides an overview of flights internal to the U.S. and deportation flights to countries of origin and third countries. In addition to the data, some individual testimonials illustrate the movement of detainees within the…
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This article, in Seattle PI, describes work done by volunteers to monitor and track ICE flights – both internal repositioning flights as well as deportation flights. The work of monitoring and tracking flights which was previously handled by Witness at the Border has been transferred to Human Rights First – and is called ICE Flight…
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The Tucson Sentinel reports that ICE is managing a little-known detention facility at the Phoenix-Mesa Gatway Airport which holds 157 detainees. The AROCC (Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center) is conveniently located to deportation flights. The Deportation Data Project continues to request government data with an on-going Freedom of Information Act request.
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