Category: Dept of Homeland Security
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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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According to ICE/DHS data and reported by TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) there are currently 181,000 people wearing Alternatives to Detention Monitors including SmartLINK (smart phone monitoring), Ankle Monitors, and Wrist Monitors. Alternatives to Detention (ATD) is used by ICE to monitor people who have been released from detention while they wait for their court…
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David Bier, Director of Immigration Studies at the CATO Institute, has written this post which lists the number of personnel that are now assisting ICE. They are from DHS (Customs and Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, USCIS) and DOJ (ATF, DEA, FBI, etc) along with state police, local law enforcement (both 287g and not 287g).…
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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: Check out the various charts showing arrest types changing over 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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Watch this 5-minute video about a border celebration in Agua Prieta, Sonora and Douglas, Arizona (August, 2025)
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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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