Which demographic groups of green card holders were most affected by ICE detentions in 2025 (country of origin, age, gender)?

1. What the data actually measure — and what they don’t

ICE and independent trackers publish frequent point‑in‑time counts and booking numbers that show detention totals and trends, but ICE’s public statistics and many secondary reports do not publish a detailed, standalone demographic slice strictly for lawful permanent residents (green‑card holders) by country, age and gender; the agency’s public dashboards focus on overall detained populations, criminality categories, and facility counts ^{[5] [3]}. Journalistic and advocacy reporting therefore infers patterns about green‑card holders from case studies, legal advisories and aggregate trends rather than from a single official demographic breakdown ^{[1] [6]}.

2. Country of origin: concentration by region, not a single “most‑affected” nationality

Multiple analyses and media accounts describe detention growth drawing from a broad set of source countries; several outlets emphasize growing numbers from Latin America and increased use of facilities concentrated in the Southwest and Texas, while other trackers point to expanding enforcement affecting diverse origin countries including African and Asian nationals — but none of the supplied sources gives a definitive list that isolates green‑card holders by country of origin for 2025 ^{[1] [7] [3]}. Human Rights Watch and research groups report ICE operations have targeted specific cities and communities and that perceived national origin or race factors into who is seized in sweeps, implying disproportionate impact by origin in local campaigns ^[8].

3. Age and gender: overall detention population skews male and working‑age

Available reporting on the entire detained population in 2025 shows a longstanding pattern: men make up the large majority of people ICE detains and enforcement has concentrated on adults of working age; several secondary sources cite males comprising roughly three‑quarters of detained populations in 2025, consistent with historical enforcement patterns — but those figures refer to all detainees, not only green‑card holders, and sources do not provide a clean age‑by‑gender breakdown limited to LPRs ^{[9] [3] [1]}. The Vera Institute and other trackers document facility‑level data that show detention networks and point‑in‑time gender splits for the broader detainee pool ^[3].

4. Green‑card holders specifically: frequent anecdotes, limited systematic counts

Coverage and legal advisories show many detained people in 2025 included long‑term residents, parents of U.S. citizens and people with pending applications — reporting highlights green‑card holders being arrested at appointments or at re‑entry — but these are case reports and legal analyses rather than a numeric demographic series isolating LPRs by origin, age and sex ^{[10] [11] [12]}. Immigration policy explainers note LPRs can be placed into detention for a wide range of offenses and are part of the larger detained population, but the sources do not quantify the precise demographic composition of green‑card holders inside ICE custody in 2025 ^{[6] [13]}.

5. Competing interpretations and political context

Advocates and researchers emphasize that a large share of detainees had no criminal convictions (about 70–72% in several reports), framing enforcement as sweeping into communities and affecting lawful residents; administration and some analysts stress ICE is prioritizing removals and public‑safety cases and point to expanded capacity and policy changes that enable interior arrests ^{[4] [2] [3]}. The Migration Policy Institute, Vera Institute and human‑rights groups present different emphases: MPI and researchers highlight system capacity and backlogs; HRW documents targeted raids and alleged racial profiling in city campaigns ^{[3] [8] [1]}.

6. What reliable reporting would need to settle this question

To answer “which demographic groups of green‑card holders were most affected” with precision requires: (a) ICE or DHS to publish a disaggregated dataset for 2025 that flags lawful permanent residents and shows country of origin, age and sex; or (b) a peer‑reviewed aggregation from TRAC, Vera or MPI that isolates LPRs. Neither is present in the supplied sources; current materials provide strong indications (male, working‑age adults; many detainees without convictions; concentration in Southwest facilities) but not the definitive LPR‑only demographic table requested ^{[3] [1] [4]}.

7. Bottom line for readers

The reporting assembled for 2025 documents extraordinary expansion of detention and many cases involving people with lawful status or long U.S. ties, with broad patterns showing detention concentrated among working‑age men and in certain states and facilities; however, available sources do not provide a single, explicit breakdown of green‑card holders by country of origin, age and gender — that precise demographic answer is not found in current reporting and would require data releases or focused analysis that flag LPR status within ICE’s detainee records ^{[1] [3] [5]}.