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Detention capacity expansion 2025

Expansion of detention capacity from 40,000 to over 60,000 beds between January and October 2025

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Jan 7, 2026
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What is the average length of stay in ICE detention facilities in 2025?

Across 2025, public datasets and watchdog reporting converge on a middle range for the average length of stay in ICE custody — roughly between the mid‑40s and low‑50s of days — but that headline numbe...

Jan 15, 2026
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What is a summary of ice’s actions in the last year

Over the last year ICE dramatically escalated enforcement: arrests and deportations surged under an administration-led mass-deportation agenda while detention capacity and use expanded rapidly, even a...

Feb 2, 2026

Which counties and states have the highest documented ICE arrest counts since January 2025?

arrests since January 2025 have been heavily concentrated in a handful of large states, with , and reported as the three states with the highest documented arrest counts in the first half of 2025 (Jan...

Jan 17, 2026

What trends in wrongful immigration detentions did ICE report for 2023–2025?

ICE’s public statistics release in 2025 introduced new dashboards covering arrests, detentions, removals and Alternatives to Detention through December 31, 2024, but it does not frame those tables as ...

Jan 8, 2026

How have ICE detention priorities and practices changed since January 2025, and what effect did that have on the mix of convictions among detainees?

Since January 2025, ICE enforcement priorities shifted from a model that emphasized targeting immigrants with serious criminal convictions toward broad, mandatory detention and mass interior arrests, ...