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MyRGV.com
June 4, 2026

Federal civil immigration filings in Rio Grande Valley up 789% in 2026
By Francisco E. Jimenez


Data collected by Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) shows that there were a total of 39,238 individuals held in ICE detention facilities throughout the U.S. on Jan. 26, 2025. Those numbers include 14,882 detained by ICE, and 24,356 detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). As of April 4 of this year, those numbers have skyrocketed to 60,311, including 51,428 who were detained by ICE, and 8,883 who were detained by CBP. According to that same data, Texas has the highest number of ICE detainees with a total of 17,908 as of April 2.


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