Guardian US Tracks ICE Data on Immigration Enforcement Since Trump's Inauguration
Guardian US has tracked ICE data on arrests, detentions, and deportations since President Trump's inauguration, updating the figures biweekly as ICE releases new data. The data are primarily drawn from ICE's detention management releases, including arrests, detentions, and removals. Although CBP data is referenced in the headline, the documented data sources in the article come from ICE datasets.
The Guardian archives detention management statistics beginning in January 2025 and supplements these with older releases obtained from the Vera Institute for Justice. Counts are derived by scraping each ICE release and comparing totals with previous releases, providing period-by-period tallies.
Arrests data come from the ICE Initial Book-Ins by Arresting Agency and Month: FY2025 table; however, the arrests may be undercounted because ICE only reports arrests that result in detention. Detentions data come from the ICE Currently Detained by Criminality and Arresting Agency: FY2025 table, while deportations data are derived from the ICE Removals: FY2025 table.
The Guardian did not visualize the first FY2025 data release, which includes carryover data from the previous fiscal year and more than two weeks of arrests and deportations.
This analysis is part of broader coverage detailing the Trump administration's immigration enforcement and its reshaping of enforcement practices.
The article was first published on August 29, 2025, with the latest update on December 11, 2025.
