factually
Index/Topics/Detention Population Growth

Detention Population Growth

The growth in the number of people being detained by ICE

Fact-Checks

2 results
Jan 24, 2026

How do ICE and DHS define and report “criminal” versus “immigration” offenses in detention data?

and separate detainees in their public detention tables into three basic ity categories—those with , those with pending criminal charges, and those with no known criminal convictions or charges—while ...

Jan 20, 2026

How have state and local non-cooperation policies statistically affected ICE arrest and detention rates?

State and local non-cooperation—commonly called “sanctuary” or restriction policies—have a measurable, if uneven, dampening effect on ICE’s ability to convert local arrests into federal immigration ar...