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NEW DATA AVAILABLE ON IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION AT THE HOUSTON IMMIGRATION COURT

NEW DATA AVAILABLE ON IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION AT THE HOUSTON IMMIGRATION COURT

As Texas remains a frequent destination for migrants crossing the border into the United States, understanding the state’s immigration courts remains valuable to the news media and the public. New data from the Transactional Records Access Clearin...

ICE'S DATA QUALITY PROBLEM CONTINUES

ICE'S DATA QUALITY PROBLEM CONTINUES

As mandated by Congress, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is required to publish data on immigrant detention for the public. The agency releases this data as a spreadsheet about every two weeks on their website here.  But don’t trust it ...

ICE Detention Numbers Decline, But That’s Not the Whole Story

ICE Detention Numbers Decline, But That’s Not the Whole Story

The number of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has continued to decline over the last several weeks and currently sits at 21,566 detainees according to data released on Thursday (9/23/2021). This is down considerably fr...

UNDERSTANDING ICE’S DETENTION NUMBERS

UNDERSTANDING ICE’S DETENTION NUMBERS

ICE releases detention statistics on a bi-weekly basis. For the past year, we at TRAC have been systematically collecting that data to provide further insight into the immigration system. One immigration detention statistic that can be confusing ...

SURVEY SAYS: 'NO LABELS' FAIL AT DATA ETHICS

SURVEY SAYS: 'NO LABELS' FAIL AT DATA ETHICS

For politicians attempting to justify controversial positions, the phrase “the American people” as a justification has become as ubiquitous as it is devoid of a specific referent. But to give the illusion of an objective constituency with specific...

IMMIGRANT DETENTION NUMBERS LEVEL OFF AFTER WEEKS OF GROWTH

IMMIGRANT DETENTION NUMBERS LEVEL OFF AFTER WEEKS OF GROWTH

According to data released by ICE and processed and stored by TRAC, the number of people being held in civil immigrant detention centers appears to have leveled off after several weeks of growth. The most recent numbers show that about 25,000 peo...