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ICE Concentrates Twenty Percent of Detainees in Five Facilities

(07 Jan 2025) In the first updated detention stats released in calendar year 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported 39,152 immigrants are currently detained, 60 percent of which have no criminal record. One out of every five individuals detained by ICE are located at one of these facilities: Adams County Detention Center in Natchez, Mississippi (2,123), South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, Texas (1,681), Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia (1,507), Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana (1,474), and Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California (1,375). Adams County currently detains the largest average daily population of people at a single facility since ICE started releasing detention statistics in 2019.

ICE reported an increase in the number of people enrolled in Alternatives to Detention (ATD), with 187,193 individuals or families now monitored. ATD enrollments are getting longer, too. Two years ago, in December 2022, the average ATD enrollee spent 319 days monitored under ATD. As of this past month, the average has gone up to 606 days under ICE surveillance. In general, as the number enrolled in ATD increases, average length of enrollment goes down.

Highlights from data updated in TRAC's Detention Quick Facts tool show that:

Immigration and Customs Enforcement held 39,152 in ICE detention according to data current as of December 29, 2024.

23,603 out of 39,152—or 60.3%—held in ICE detention have no criminal record, according to data current as of December 29, 2024. Many more have only minor offenses, including traffic violations.

ICE relied on detention facilities in Texas to house the most people during FY 2025, according to data current as of December 23, 2024.

ICE arrested 7,558 and CBP arrested 13,572 of the 21,130 people booked into detention by ICE during November 2024.

Adams County Det Center in Natchez, Mississippi held the largest number of ICE detainees so far in FY 2025, averaging 2,123 per day (as of December 2024).

ICE Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programs are currently monitoring 187,193 families and single individuals, according to data current as of December 28, 2024.

San Francisco's area office has highest number in ICE's Alternatives to Detention (ATD) monitoring programs, according to data current as of December 28, 2024.

TRAC’s Immigration Quick Facts provides the latest data on immigrant detention, immigration court cases, and immigration prosecutions in federal court. Each page includes several key data points alongside a graphic or table, a short description for context, and a link to more data. Click here to see more about TRAC's entire suite of immigration tools.

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