Ten Things We Know from the Latest ICE Detention Data Data as of August 5, 2026
Overview
On August 25, 2026, the Deportation Data Project at the University of California, Berkeley posted its latest release of data obtained from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The release contains anonymized data on people detained in ICE's vast facility network through August 5, 2026. This report contains 10 key takeaways from Vera’s analysis of the data.
Key Takeaway
The second Trump administration has ramped up its mass detention and deportation agenda over time. On nearly every day since mid-June 2025, the number of people detained by ICE exceeded the previous all-time high set in August 2019.
Publication Highlights
ICE continues to hold a historically high number of people in detention.
ICE booked more people into detention in July 2026 than it had in any other month since this administration began.
Haitian immigrants have been increasingly targeted for removal following the termination of Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status designation in recent months.