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Trump Administration Pushes to Double ICE Detention Beds as Deportations Climb Past 207,000

The administration is pressing Congress to boost enforcement funding from $33 billion to $168 billion to double ICE detention beds

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Newly released statistics from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) documented 26,606 arrests between October and December 2024.

Overview

  • ICE interior arrests have doubled since January, driving up the average ICE detention population by 25 percent.
  • Deportations have surpassed 207,000 as of April, marking a recent surge in removal operations.
  • ICE recorded 26,606 arrests between October and December 2024, with migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador comprising the majority.
  • The administration is in talks with additional countries to accept deportees and has repurposed facilities in El Salvador and Guantánamo Bay to house detainees.
  • Fifty-four percent of Americans support the goals of the deportation policy, while 56 percent disapprove of how enforcement is being carried out.