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ICE Facility Expansions 2025

The expansion of ICE facilities in 2025, including tent camps and new contracting with private and state partners.

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Jan 28, 2026
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How many people did ICE detain in 2025 and how do detention trends compare to previous years?

’s custody population rose sharply in 2025, hitting record point-in-time levels in December: publicly archived counts show more than 68,400 people detained as of December 14, 2025, and contemporaneous...

Jan 28, 2026
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Which ICE regions experienced the largest increases in average daily detained populations in 2025, and do those changes correlate with inspection-posting declines?

’s detention surge in 2025 was concentrated in southwestern and southeastern states — with , , , and housing the largest average daily populations — even as nationwide, creating a suggestive but not p...