New data from Vera’s ICE Detention Trends dashboard reveals record detention levels and an expanding network of facilities nationwide.

New United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data through mid-March 2026 provides a detailed look at immigration detention across the United States. Drawing on millions of detention history records spanning 17 years, Vera’s interactive ICE Detention Trends dashboard reveals an unprecedented level of detail about ICE detention populat ...

Publicly funded attorneys are a critical tool in states’ ICE accountability efforts.

Andry José Hernández Romero was on the path to legal residency when the Trump administration labeled him a member of a Venezuelan gang and sent him to a Salvadoran mega-prison, where he spent 125 torturous days. The evidence against him? Tattoos of a crown on each wrist, one with the word “Mom” and the other with the word “Dad.” On the one-year ann ...