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ICE Detention Data 2023

The Deportation Data Project's publication of ICE detention data, including arrests, detainers, detentions, encounters, and removals, and its use in identifying mistaken detentions and systemic vulnerabilities.

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Jan 25, 2026
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What are the annual numbers of missing persons reported after ICE or CBP detention in the last decade?

Available government reporting and public datasets do not provide a single, verifiable annual tally of people who were reported “” being held by or Customs and Border Protection () across the last dec...

Jan 20, 2026
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What official federal records or detainee manifests exist for ICE/CBP operations in Minnesota in December 2025–January 2026?

Federal agencies published partial, public records tied to Minnesota enforcement in December 2025–January 2026 — principally ICE and DHS press releases naming select arrestees and touting aggregate ar...

Jan 25, 2026

What are the most common crimes handled by ICE field offices in 2025?

field offices in 2025 most frequently processed non-violent and administrative offenses — traffic-related criminal convictions (including DUI and other criminal motor-vehicle offenses), immigration-st...

Jan 23, 2026

How have data transparency changes at ICE and DHS since 2016 affected independent tracking of deportations?

and data transparency since 2016 have produced a patchwork: government releases, , and independent databases have expanded what researchers can measure, but administrative rollbacks, selective reporti...

Jan 21, 2026

How does ICE classify 'criminal' in its arrest and detention data, and where can the raw datasets be accessed?

’s public datasets and FOIA releases classify someone as “criminal” based primarily on whether the agency’s records show a conviction or pending criminal charge; that classification appears as discret...

Jan 19, 2026

How have FOIA releases and the Deportation Data Project been used to document individual mistaken detentions by ICE?

Freedom of Information Act litigation has forced ICE to provide individual-level enforcement records, and the Deportation Data Project (DDP) has processed and published those FOIA-derived files so res...