Is ICE illegally detaining people?
Recent reporting shows widespread controversy over ICE’s detention practices: federal judges and civil-rights groups say many detentions run counter to law or precedent and courts are increasingly rej...
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The controversy over ICE's detention practices, including lawful and unlawful detentions, and the role of federal judges, civil rights groups, and the Department of Homeland Security.
Recent reporting shows widespread controversy over ICE’s detention practices: federal judges and civil-rights groups say many detentions run counter to law or precedent and courts are increasingly rej...
The most authoritative place to find ’s current detention snapshots is ICE’s own statistics and Detention Management pages, which publish FY year‑to‑date detention tables and related downloads . Indep...
Yes—reporting shows a broad pattern in 2025–2026 of ICE detaining large numbers of people who have no criminal convictions and imposing policies that make release harder, producing outcomes critics ca...