Category: Immigration & Customs Enforcement
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This blog post, from David Bier the Director of Immigration Studies at the CATO Institute in 2020, describes some erroneously-issued ICE detainers – some due to mistaken identity, some due to lack of change in immigration status in government databases.
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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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With an analysis of government data, TRAC reporting shows that Mexicans detained by ICE are more likely to remain behind bars that people from other countries. Read about this here.
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This CATO Institute article, “ICE is arresting 1100% more noncriminals on the street than it did in 2017“ uses data obtained by FOIA from DeportationData.org, to show the following: ICE is arresting enormous numbers of immigrants with no criminal history ICE is arresting more people “in the streets” (no pre-planned target, likely profiling) as time…
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The CATO Institute reports that data from ICE/DHS shows that one in five ICE arrests are Latinos on the street with no criminal past and no removal order. This means, according to the article, that these people have likely been profiled and randomly picked up instead of their arrests being the result of careful research…
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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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ICE is asking detainees to sign a stipulation (document) which says they agree to be deported without a judicial hearing. The National Immigration Project provides an ICE Stipulation Explainer which includes this information in both English and Spanish: Sample ICE stipulation (document pre-prepared for signature) Annotations to explain what the document means. Explanation of legal process to…
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The new report explains how the Trump administration is using a longstanding loophole to circumvent sanctuary policies and obscure the full scale of its immigration actions. July 30, 2025 This morning, the Prison Policy Initiative released Hiding in Plain Sight, a report revealing the crucial role that locally-run jails are playing in President Trump’s program of mass…
