Here is what TRAC found. ICE reported that the total number of individuals currently detained nationally was 56,816, down from 57,861 two weeks ago. While this national decline in detainees was in itself somewhat surprising, it does not explain the much larger drop in facility- by-facility numbers.

When the average daily population (ADP) held at each detention facility are added up, they total just 42,221. This is a substantial difference from the national total for number of detained individuals, and down by more than 5,000 from what ICE had reported of 47,238 in its detention facility listing just two weeks ago.

It is also the case that instead of the 201 detention facilities ICE reported on two weeks ago, ICE claims that it was using just 172 facilities today. Why this drop?

However, there are more serious discrepancies when you compare the average daily population (ADP) reported at each particular facility in the latest release with the ADP numbers reported previously for the same facility. Mathematically, ADP numbers at a facility represent the total number of beds cumulatively used during the fiscal year divided by the number of days. Even if detention facilities had NO ICE detainees during the last two weeks their respective cumulative number of beds ICE already had used could not go down. But they did!

The cumulative number of beds ICE already used for 96 facilities were reported as actually dropping, often substantially. Facilities such as Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia reported using 4,506 fewer cumulative beds and the Montgomery ICE Processing Center in Conroe, TX suddenly reported using 6,512 fewer cumulative beds in the past for ICE detainees than previously reported. Countless other unbelievable examples could also be cited. What is going on?

Earlier in the month, TRAC published an article that detailed how 84 ICE detention centers had at least one point or another exceeded their contractual capacities as of mid-April 2025. This comparison was only possible because ICE provided the exact number of detainees held at a given day at each facility. ICE’s continued unlawful withholding of the exact number of detainees held at each facility today prevents the public from double checking the accuracy of ICE reports. The number of detainees held facility-by-facility should add up to the number of detainees held nationally. And they don’t!

The public should also be cautious in relying on other ICE reported numbers. TRAC’s updated Quick Facts nonetheless are reporting these but without the detention facility-by-facility numbers which we were able to show are clearly wrong.

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement held 56,816 in ICE detention according to data current as of July 13, 2025.

• 40,643 out of 56,816—or 71.5%—held in ICE detention have no criminal conviction according to data current as of July 13, 2025. Many of those convicted committed 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 June 23, 2025.

• ICE arrested 31,625 and CBP arrested 5,112 of the 36,737 people booked into detention by ICE during June 2025.

• Adams County Det Center in Natchez, Mississippi held the largest number of ICE detainees so far in FY 2025, averaging 2,179 per day (as of June 2025).

• ICE Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programs are currently monitoring 182,822 families and single individuals, according to data current as of July 12, 2025.

• San Francisco's area office has highest number in ICE's Alternatives to Detention (ATD) monitoring programs, according to data current as of July 12, 2025.

*Note: TRAC Reports has adjusted its definition of criminal history. Previously, anyone recorded by ICE as having “Pending Criminal Charges” was identified as having a criminal history. From this update and going forward, detainees with pending charges will not be considered as having a criminal record.

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. Visit https://tracreports.org/immigration/tools/ for more information.