Overview

• A July 8 memo from Acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons requires undocumented immigrants to remain detained without bond throughout their deportation proceedings.
• Congress’s four-year, $45 billion appropriation has enabled ICE to detain roughly 56 000 migrants per day and plans to double capacity to 100 000 beds.
• Proposed 1% remittance tax under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act prompted Central American migrants to boost transfers by up to 21% between January and March 2025.
• Rare parole releases are now granted at the discretion of ICE officers rather than immigration judges, limiting detainees’ chances of supervised release.
• Immigration attorneys warn that mandatory detention in remote facilities without individualized review hinders timely access to counsel and undermines due process.