Number Of ICE Immigrant Detainees Spiked In Last Two Weeks, Highest Number Since March 2020

The number of immigrant detainees in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody has spiked in the last two weeks and numbers are now nearing levels not seen in more than a year, since the Trump administration was in charge of immigration policy.

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), which keeps track of the approximate number of immigrants in ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody, said this week that there are more than 27,000 illegal immigrants in ICE custody. Many of those detainees entered the system within the last two weeks.