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Deportation Data Project

A project documenting and reprocessing ICE and CBP releases.

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Jan 17, 2026
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How many noncitizens with criminal convictions were deported by ICE in 2025?

Available reporting does not provide a single authoritative, published tally of how many noncitizens with criminal convictions ICE deported during the full calendar year 2025; however, public analyses...

Jan 31, 2026

How do ICE and CBP define and report 'removals' differently, and where are those datasets published?

and use different operational roles and counting rules to report "": CBP counts actions at the border — including refusals of admission and certain returns — in its and custody/transfer datasets, whil...

Jan 19, 2026

What official datasets (ICE/CBP/DHS) exist for custodial deaths and where can researchers access them?

A small set of official, government-published datasets and mandated death‑report publications exist for deaths in DHS custody: ICE’s centrally posted “Detainee Death Reports,” IRS/OIG and DHS oversigh...

Jan 19, 2026

Has ICE released any component-level diversity reports after its 2025 hiring surge, and where are they archived?

A review of the materials provided finds no explicit evidence that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) published standalone “component‑level” diversity reports after the agency’s 2025 hirin...

Jan 17, 2026

What role do local jails and poor data systems play in wrongful immigration removals?

Local jails act as the primary conduit through which federal immigration enforcement identifies and seizes people for removal—often using information systems and agreements that can be error-prone and...

Jan 17, 2026

How did FOIA releases and data projects change public understanding of ICE enforcement between 2011 and 2017?

FOIA releases and independent data projects between 2011 and 2017 pulled back a curtain on how ICE actually arrested, detained and removed people, converting anecdote into analyzable records and expos...