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Immigration detention oversight

The oversight of immigration detention facilities and the potential for fragmentation across different bodies

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Jan 16, 2026
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How often has ICE detained U.S. citizens historically, and what oversight exists to prevent mistaken detentions?

ICE has repeatedly detained U.S. citizens, but the agency does not publish a clear, longitudinal count and independent researchers estimate the phenomenon has been rare but nontrivial — historically o...

Jan 26, 2026

How have GAO, DHS OIG or congressional committees assessed ICE’s hiring surge and its impact on use‑of‑force and civil‑liberties oversight?

and oversight offices have flagged ’s rapid 2025 hiring surge as a governance and civil‑liberties risk, prompting requests for GAO reviews and OIG investigations while committee dashboards and letters...

Jan 25, 2026

What mechanisms exist to audit and independently verify ICE’s detainee death reporting and releases before death?

maintains an internal architecture for notifying, reviewing and publishing reports about detainee deaths — codified most recently in Directive 11003.5 and summarized on ICE’s detainee death reporting ...

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