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FOIA Requests 2011-2017

The use of FOIA requests to obtain data on ICE's enforcement activities between 2011 and 2017.

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Jan 24, 2026
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What publicly available FOIA records and lawsuits have produced ICE use‑of‑force logs since 2015?

Public records and litigation since 2015 have produced a patchwork of use‑of‑force material: agency libraries and proactive disclosure pages publish policies and some logs, targeted FOIA lawsuits by a...

Jan 28, 2026
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What public records exist for ICE use-of-force incidents (shootings, taser deaths) between 2009 and 2017?

Between 2009 and 2017, public records relevant to use-of-force incidents exist in several categories—internal ICE/Department of Homeland Security () directives and detention standards, Inspector Gener...

Jan 29, 2026
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How many U.S. citizens have been wrongly detained by ICE each year since 2016?

There is no authoritative, publicly available year-by-year tally of since 2016; official ICE datasets and watchdog inquiries document individual cases and limited totals, while journalists and advocac...

Jan 25, 2026

What public datasets or FOIA requests exist that track allegations of abuse in ICE custody by year?

Public tracking of allegations of custody exists in a patchwork of official reports, academic reconstructions and media-obtained records rather than a single comprehensive public dataset; researchers ...

Feb 2, 2026

Per state, how many people have been detained, arrested, and/or deported by ICE and/or CBP in 2025 and 2026?

Official federal summaries and independent reconstructions show of people were arrested, detained, or removed by and across 2025–early 2026, but the sources available do not publish a clean, authorita...

Feb 1, 2026

How do ICE’s public dashboards categorize arrests by citizenship and what data are missing from those reports?

’s public dashboards break down interior arrests primarily by country of citizenship and by categorical “criminality” groups (convicted, pending charges, or no convictions/pending charges) and provide...

Jan 17, 2026

How does ICE report the geographic distribution of its workforce, and where can granular state or county agent counts be obtained?

ICE and DHS public statements and annual materials report overall workforce totals and hiring milestones at the national level — for example, ICE and DHS announced a roughly 120% increase from ~10,000...

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...