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The Deportation Data Project obtains, posts, and analyzes internal U.S. government immigration enforcement data via public records litigation. Led by Berkeley Law & UCLA faculty and FOIA litigators deportationdata.org
The Deportation Data Project is hiring a fulltime senior research analyst to work with us on obtaining data on immigration enforcement in the US.
Competitive salary, excellent University of California benefits, and work on a small, collaborative team. Join us!
deportationdata.org/hiring.html
The Deportation Data Project is hiring a fulltime senior research analyst to work with us on obtaining data on immigration enforcement in the US.
Competitive salary, excellent University of California benefits, and work on a small, collaborative team. Join us!
deportationdata.org/hiring.html
The Massachusetts Department of Correction has been fighting me for months, trying to withhold data about its collaboration with ICE.
Yesterday, I won that fight, and obtained records showing that the state has transferred more than 2,000 people into ICE custody since 2009.
A quick thread:
Worst of the worst?
Government records show that the vast majority – 77% – of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time in 2025 had no criminal conviction, exposing a stark gap between the Trump administration’s rhetoric and reality.
@wcraft.bsky.social breaks it down:
www.usnews.com/news/politic...
Last May, Tennessee Highway Patrol joined ICE on the streets of Nashville.
We @lighthousereports.com + partners mapped the traffic stops and used 1M+ ICE records, dashcam video, and court files to show how supposed routine encounters became deportations.
Powerful piece hitting on one of the drivers behind ICE's strategy: arrest immigrants & put them in awful places so they lose hope & "voluntary" leave:
"...voluntary departures increased 21-fold during the first nine months of 2025, according to an analysis from the Deportation Data Project."
“They told me it was voluntary departure, but that I didn’t have another option,” Jaime told Borderless in Spanish.”
“When they’re in these detention centers, they’re often coerced,” said Kimberly Weiss, Jaime’s attorney. “They’re pushed. They’re intimidated.”
The number of people held in ICE detention on any given day rose by over 75% in 2025, with a record 73,000 people being held in detention as of mid-January.
And with Congress authorizing $45 billion in new detention funding, the system could more than triple in size over the next four years.
Data obtained by the Deportation Data Project from the federal agency indicates that the Otay Mesa detention facility exceeded its contractual capacity of 1,358 from July 23 to Oct. 15.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/20/h...
The Trump admin claims they have been arresting the worst of the worst. But the Guardian, working with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sued the govt for docs that show that isn't true.
77% of people who entered deportation proceedings in 2025 had no criminal conviction
My latest:
New ICE Flight Monitor report reveals surge in ICE flights across the country, deepening concerns over due process and community safety.
A recent report from the Deportation Data Project revealed that ICE quadrupled during the first nine months of Trump’s second term. Additionally:
➡️ Deportations and street arrests surged
➡️ Arrests of people with no criminal record rose 600 percent
www.kqed.org/news/1207137...
New in @dmagazine.bsky.social
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
You can download the complete detention facilities daily population dataset here: deportationdata.org/data/process...
Explore the facility data population counts here: deportationdata.org/tools.html#d...
The dataset draws from the October 15, 2025 ICE data release we obtained through FOIA. In addition to daily population numbers, it also includes counts for demographic subgroups. You can use the data tool on our website to filter and download a subset of the data to make it easier to analyze.
Screenshot of Deportation Data Project's data explorer tool on ICE daily detention population by facility
NEW! We posted a processed dataset to our website that allows users to view daily counts of the number of people detained at each detention facility holding individuals in ICE custody from September 1, 2023, to October 15, 2025.
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
If you’re tracking the warehouse developments, @projectsaltbox.bsky.social is a must-follow. Doing great work!
ICYMI: We @propublica.org set up a tracker for immigration-related habeas cases, which means it tracks the number of suits filed by immigrants claiming they are detained illegally. The number has hit historic highs. We'll update it regularly with new data. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
As ICE hired droves of new agents last year, the immigration system lost staffers who process asylum claims and preside over court hearings, according to a New York Times analysis of government work force data.
Five recent reports offer a deeper understanding of immigration enforcement beyond the news cycle. These reports, covering topics like ICE arrests, border zone policing, and detention expansion, provide valuable data and analysis.
Learn more: austinkocher.substack.com/p/want-to-un...
bsky.app/profile/immi...
