Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|
| 2026-07-01 | ICE Arrests 10,000 in Five-Day Surge as LaSalle Signs 528-Bed Family Detention Contract in Louisiana
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-30 | ICE Arrests Three at NYC Immigration Courts, in First Documented Violations of June 24 Nationwide Injunction
2 src ICE | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-23 | Whatcom County, WA Council votes 5-2 for one-year moratorium on new immigration detention facilities
3 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-30 | 14th ICE Detainee Dies in 2026 as Detention System on Track for Deadliest Year Since 2004 | | |
| 2025-07-04 | Budget Bill Allocates $45 Billion for Private Immigration Detention Centers, 308% Increase
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | | confirmed |
| 2024-11-06 | Private Prison Stocks Soar After Trump's 2024 Victory: CoreCivic Up 29%, GEO Group Up 42% in Single Session
4 src Donald Trump · CoreCivic · GEO Group · Tom Homan · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2021-01-26 | Biden Signs Executive Order 14006 to End Federal Private Prison Contracts, But Excludes Immigration Detention
4 src Joe Biden · Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · U.S. Marshals Service · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-02-23 | Private Prison Stocks Soar as CoreCivic, GEO Donate $2.8M to Trump
3 src CoreCivic · GEO Group · Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-02-01 | McKinsey Redirected from Obama-Era ICE Reform to Trump Immigration Crackdown Consulting
6 src McKinsey & Company · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 1987-01-01 | Wackenhut Corrections Wins First Federal Immigration Detention Contract in Aurora, Colorado
4 src Wackenhut Corporation · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Reagan Administration |
| confirmed |
| 1984-01-22 | First Fully Privatized Prison Opens in Houston Under CCA Contract with Immigration and Naturalization Service
3 src Corrections Corporation of America · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Thomas W. Beasley |
| confirmed |
| 1983-01-01 | Reagan Administration's Mass Immigration Emergency Plan Mandates 10,000 Detention Beds — First Systematic Detention Infrastructure Requirement in U.S. History
4 src Ronald Reagan · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Kenneth Starr |
| confirmed |
| 1981-07-01 | AG Smith Declares Detention-as-Deterrence Doctrine, Eliminating Bond Rights for Asylum Seekers
5 src Ronald Reagan · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Haitian refugees |
| confirmed |
| 1980-10-01 | INS Opens Krome Avenue Detention Center on Decommissioned Nike Missile Site, Locking In Detention as Default Immigration Response
4 src Immigration and Naturalization Service · Jimmy Carter · Ronald Reagan · Haitian refugees |
| confirmed |