ICE Mobile Detention: Inside the Van

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ICE DETENTION BED TARGET (2025)

100,000+

Trump admin goal; roughly 2.6× the FY2024 average daily population

DEATHS IN ICE CUSTODY (SINCE FY2004)

218+

documented by DHS OIG; many linked to preventable medical care failures

DHS IG DEFICIENCY REPORTS

50+

issued since 2004 on medical care, solitary confinement, and conditions

CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION AT STAKE

5th Amendment

due process clause applies to civil detention regardless of facility type

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Data by category

Republican administration

Democratic administration

FY2025 (current)

SOURCES: DHS Office of Inspector General · ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations annual reports · Government Accountability Office · Congressional Research Service · ACLU National Prison Project · ICE Performance-Based National Detention Standards 2011 (rev. 2016)