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ICE Detention Population 2025-2026

The surge in ICE's overall detention population to record levels in late 2025 and early 2026, with roughly 68,000-69,000 people in custody.

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Jan 24, 2026
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Percentage of ICE detained people who have no criminal records

Current reporting from multiple research groups and news outlets converges on the conclusion that roughly held in detention in late 2025–early 2026 had no U.S. criminal conviction on their record—most...

Jan 15, 2026
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How do ICE detainee counts compare to historical peaks and what drove the increases in 2024–2026?

ICE-held populations hit unprecedented levels in 2025–early 2026, surpassing prior peaks such as August 2019 and reaching daily and snapshot counts that approached the system’s expanded capacity—recor...

Jan 29, 2026

How many US citizens have been detained by ICE 2025-2026?

There is no reliable, publicly available tally of how many U.S. citizens were detained by during 2025–2026 because the federal government does not systematically track detentions by U.S. citizenship i...

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