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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

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Jan 18, 2026
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What are the year‑by‑year removal totals by fiscal year from 1993–2024 in DHS/ICE public datasets?

A complete year‑by‑year table of "removals" for FY1993–FY2024 exists within DHS/ICE public datasets, but the exact numeric series must be pulled from the published DHS Office of Homeland Security Stat...

Jan 17, 2026
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Which corporations appear in USAspending.gov as current ICE contractors and how to search those records?

USAspending.gov is the authoritative public database for federal contracts and shows hundreds of companies with active awards from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); prominent names that ...

Dec 17, 2025
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What role do employers’ I-9 audits and E-Verify play in ICE investigations?

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) uses Form I-9 inspections initiated by a Notice of Inspection (NOI) to review employers’ I-9 records and assess paperwork errors, missing forms, or unautho...

Nov 12, 2025

What are the educational requirements for ICE deportation officers versus special agents?

The core finding is that , while , though formal civil‑service grade qualifications can be satisfied by a mix of education and specialized experience. Recent summaries and agency career pages describe...

Jan 14, 2026

How do independent groups like MPI, Pew, and ACLU calculate deportation totals and where do their methods diverge?

Independent analysts calculate “deportation” totals using different inputs, definitions and counting rules: the ACLU’s Deportation Data Project analyzes ICE administrative records obtained via FOIA an...

Jan 3, 2026

What did the DHS Office of Inspector General recommend to fix tracking and court‑notice problems for unaccompanied migrant children?

The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) warned that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot reliably monitor the location and immigration court status of many unaccompanied migrant chi...

Jan 20, 2026

Were there more deportations under Obama than trump

By the standard statistical measures reported by multiple data projects and news analyses, the Obama administration oversaw more deportations/removals and returns than the Trump administration did acr...

Jan 19, 2026

How do ICE academy curricula (ERO and HSI) compare in total instructional hours to other federal basic training programs at FLETC?

The ICE training picture at FLETC is bifurcated: Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) recruits are reported to flow through a compressed roughly eight‑week pipeline, while Homeland Security Invest...

Jan 18, 2026

Historical instances of ICE detaining US citizens by mistake

The historical record shows multiple documented instances where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and related DHS components detained, and in some cases deported, people later determined ...

Jan 17, 2026

Where can I find ICE or DHS official monthly removal statistics for 2025?

Official monthly removal statistics for 2025 are published by DHS and ICE on government portals, with the Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS) producing detailed monthly tables and ICE postin...

Jan 17, 2026

Where can the official ICE table of removals by fiscal year be downloaded for FY2009–FY2016?

The official, downloadable table of removals by fiscal year for FY2009–FY2016 can be obtained from DHS’s Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS) Yearbook Table 39 (which lists removals and retur...

Jan 15, 2026

Where can I find DHS year-by-year interior removal (formal deportation) counts for FY1993–FY2024?

For a year-by-year series of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interior removals (formal deportations) covering FY1993–FY2024, the authoritative source is the Office of Homeland Security Statistic...

Jan 15, 2026

How do FLETC course requirements differ between criminal investigator (CITP), HSISAT and ICE‑D/ERO academies in curriculum and assessment?

The three FLETC-linked courses serve different roles: CITP provides the foundational, interagency criminal‑investigative baseline; HSISAT layers ICE‑specific investigative, tactical and agency policy ...

Jan 15, 2026

Where can I find DHS or ICE monthly tables listing deportations by age category for 2025?

For 2025 monthly tables that break out removals/deportations by age category, the primary authoritative location is DHS’s Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS) “Immigration Enforcement and Leg...

Jan 14, 2026

How many deaths in ICE detention were ruled preventable or due to medical neglect each year since 2015?

Independent experts reviewing ICE-reported deaths between 2017 and 2021 concluded that roughly 95% of those 52 deaths were preventable or possibly preventable with adequate clinical care — about 49 of...

Jan 12, 2026

How have local officials and civil‑rights groups responded to DHS claims about threats and doxxing?

Local officials and many municipal leaders have been cautious or noncommittal in publicly responding to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warnings about doxxing and threats to ICE personnel, with ...

Jan 11, 2026

What are the DHS/ICE official workforce demographic reports for 2024–2025 and how can they be accessed?

The principal official sources for DHS/ICE workforce demographics covering 2024–2025 are ICE’s Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report and ICE’s online Annual Report/Information Library pages, supplemented by ...

Nov 30, 2025

Does the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial or Officer Down Memorial Page list ICE deaths since 2003?

Both the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (managed by the NLEOMF) and the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP) maintain public databases of law‑enforcement line‑of‑duty deaths; NLEOMF says its ...

Nov 20, 2025

How do training, certification, and use-of-force policies differ between HSI and ERO regarding weapons deployment?

Available reporting distinguishes HSI as ICE’s criminal-investigations directorate and ERO as the civil immigration-enforcement directorate; HSI leads complex investigations (including weapons traffic...