The data show surprisingly little has been accomplished given the huge expenditure of resources devoted to this effort.

Detention: While ICE is detaining more and more individuals, targeting has shifted sharply to individuals without any criminal convictions. As of November 16, 2025, ICE reported the number detained has increased to 65,135. Of those currently detained, nearly three-quarters (73.6%) have never been convicted of any criminal offense.

Further, almost all of this net increase in detention numbers are individuals without any criminal convictions. Compared with the end of September when ICE last posted detention statistics before the government shutdown, ICE is now detaining 5,373 more individuals. Of this net increase, ICE reported only 3 percent had a criminal conviction even including minor traffic offenses. Fully 97 percent of the increasing numbers detained had no criminal conviction.

Removals: ICE also reported that it removed 56,392 individuals so far in FY 2026 covering October 1 through November 15, 2025. Adding the figures for FY 2025 after Trump assumed the presidency and FY 2026 together, the total estimated number of removals during the Trump administration is just 290,603.

This is just 7 percent more than the 271,484 who were removed in FY 2024 during the last full year of the Biden administration despite the enormous increase in the resources and government personnel devoted to this effort under President Trump.

For further details read the full report along with TRAC’s updated Detention Quick Facts.