Deportation Data Project
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The Deportation Data Project collects and posts public, anonymized U.S. government immigration enforcement datasets. We expect these datasets to be used by journalists, researchers, lawyers, and policymakers.
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Maybe because of the lower release rate, voluntary departures (which are rare compared to removals) have increased by 21 times.
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Maybe because of the lower release rate, voluntary departures (which are rare compared to removals) have increased by 21 times.
Second, once arrested, few were released. Release within 60 days of arrest, already rare in the last six months of the Biden administration (16%), now almost never happens (3%). This is because of changes to policies at ICE and the immigration courts.
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Second, once arrested, few were released. Release within 60 days of arrest, already rare in the last six months of the Biden administration (16%), now almost never happens (3%). This is because of changes to policies at ICE and the immigration courts.
First, the administration roughly tripled the number of detention beds used for people arrested within the United States. That capacity increase was a result both of new funding and, less well understood, of a decrease in arrests at the border.
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
First, the administration roughly tripled the number of detention beds used for people arrested within the United States. That capacity increase was a result both of new funding and, less well understood, of a decrease in arrests at the border.
ICE street arrests (i.e. arrests not at jails) went up by over a factor of eleven by the last month of our data up through Oct. 15, 2025, compared to the last six months of Biden admin. Street arrests at this order of magnitude are a new phenomenon.
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
ICE street arrests (i.e. arrests not at jails) went up by over a factor of eleven by the last month of our data up through Oct. 15, 2025, compared to the last six months of Biden admin. Street arrests at this order of magnitude are a new phenomenon.
👋 Joining BlueSky to launch our first report, on immigration enforcement in the first nine mos. of the Trump admin.
Big picture: deportations from interior arrests are up 4.6x from the end of Biden's term, from big increase in arrests, expansion in detention beds, & drastic reduction in releases.
Big picture: deportations from interior arrests are up 4.6x from the end of Biden's term, from big increase in arrests, expansion in detention beds, & drastic reduction in releases.
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
👋 Joining BlueSky to launch our first report, on immigration enforcement in the first nine mos. of the Trump admin.
Big picture: deportations from interior arrests are up 4.6x from the end of Biden's term, from big increase in arrests, expansion in detention beds, & drastic reduction in releases.
Big picture: deportations from interior arrests are up 4.6x from the end of Biden's term, from big increase in arrests, expansion in detention beds, & drastic reduction in releases.