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ICE Detention Population 2024-2025

The shift in ICE's detained population in 2025 toward people without criminal convictions

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Jan 26, 2026
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How many illegal aliens have been detained by ICE so far? And how many of them have criminal records? How many of them are actually here legally?

As of early January 2026, ’s detained population was reported at roughly 69,000 people — a record high for the agency — with multiple watchdog and news outlets citing agency data that put the number b...

Jan 26, 2026
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What legal protections and due process rights do noncitizens have when detained by ICE?

possess constitutional and statutory protections—most notably the ’s due process guarantee and the ability to seek habeas corpus review—but those rights are constrained in practice by immigration stat...

Jan 15, 2026

What share of people in ICE detention have no criminal convictions, by quarter in 2024–2025?

Available public reporting and analyses show a clear shift in ICE’s detained population in 2025 toward people without criminal convictions, but the sources do not publish a clean, official quarter-by-...