Here is a video of a debate between two immigration experts, Steven Camarota (Center for Immigration Studies) and David Bier (CATO Institute), about immigrants and their effect on wages and the economy.
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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 hearings.
The daily cost per ATD Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) participant is less than $4.20 per day — much less than the $152 per day fee for migrants held in detention facilities, the agency says.
Here is the full article about Alternatives to Detention.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that, between March and July (2025), the agricultural workforce fell by 155,000 workers (7%).
The Pew Research Center reports that, between January and July (2025), the U.S. labor force fell by 750,000 immigrant workers.
Farmers, in particular, are being hit hard – not only with changes in the workforce (mentioned above) but the tariffs which may result in lower demand for their crops.
Farmers, especially dairy farmers who need year-round workers preventing their jobs from qualifying for H2A (temporary agricultural) visas, are being hurt by labor shortages.
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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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In May, the Colorado Senate passed Senate Bill 25-276 which requires all public healthcare facilities to adopt and publish policies and procedures that protect patient privacy including (1) handling requests from immigration enforcement agents, (2) restricting access to nonpublic areas and (3) ensure sensitive information such as immigration or citizenship status is not collected unless legally required.
Here is an example of a Personal Data Disclosure Policy at Hover Senior Living Community in Longmont, Colorado.
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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 data:
- 64% were picked up in Arizona (but some came from as far away as Florida)
- survey of 278 Mexican citizen deportees from the U.S.
- 84% male
- 44% have lived in the U.S. over 10 years
- 39% were separated from their families
- 33% said that arrests were started by contact with state and local law enforcement
- 50% were arrested by ICE on the street or in a courthouse
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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). Also assisting are people from IRS, U.S. State Department, and U.S. Postal Service.
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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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