ICE Has Stopped Publishing Detention and Deportation Data Since April 2026

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ICE has not released detention or deportation statistics since April 2026, blacking out the public record on the scope of mass deportations at the exact moment enforcement is hitting record pace (2026-07-23–ice-nears-600k-deportations-july-arrest-record). The Marshall Project reports the agency is in a legal dispute over whether the transparency requirement — embedded in an appropriations bill — still applies. The Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley/UCLA) has filed FOIA requests and sued for the records; the blackout continues as of July 21.

The blackout extends a pattern of deliberately reduced ICE accountability infrastructure the timeline has tracked through 2026, including the elimination of post-release death reporting (2026-06-04–venturella-memo-eliminates-post-release-death-reporting-ice-accountability-erasure) — official disclosure is being withdrawn from public view in the same period the agency’s lethal field incidents and detention scale are both increasing.

Sources & Citations

[1] ICE Data Blackout: Detention and Deportation Statistics Go Dark — The Marshall Project · Jul 15, 2026 Tier 1

[2] Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark — WLRN · Jul 21, 2026 Tier 2

[3] Deportation Data Project — FOIA litigation tracker — Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley / UCLA) · Jul 21, 2026 Tier 2

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Cite this entry

The Cascade Ledger. “ICE Has Stopped Publishing Detention and Deportation Data Since April 2026.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, July 21, 2026. https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--ice-data-blackout-since-april-2026/