Arrests
Detainers
Totals are based on updates provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Since January 23, 2025, ICE has been sharing daily totals on X.
I use the official numbers provided by ICE to baseline my counter. The counter updates throughout the day based on the average number of arrests per second from the previous several days.
ICE defines Arrests as “ICE administrative arrests occur when an ICE officer physically apprehends an alien for a non-criminal civil infraction. The immigration courts hear these cases. ICE civil immigration enforcement arrests do not always lead to detention.”
Detainers are “a request from ICE that asks a federal, state or local law enforcement agency — including jails, prisons or other confinement facilities — to:
– Hold the alien for up to 48 hours beyond the time they would ordinarily release them so DHS has time to assume custody in accordance with federal immigration law.
– Notify the requesting agency as early as possible before they release a removable alien.”
Ice.gov