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Axios San Diego
February 26, 2025

Otay Mesa Detention Center ranks fifth in U.S. for ICE detainees
By Kate Murphy and Russell Contreras


The Otay Mesa location had a daily average of 1,389 detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as of Feb. 8, according to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) data. The Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Mississippi, had the most ICE detainees (2,154 a day), followed by the South Texas ICE Processing Center outside San Antonio (1,680 a day). Overall, ICE was holding 41,169 people in detention at various locations. Nearly 55% of them had no criminal record, and many more had committed only minor offenses such as traffic violations, TRAC found.


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