Twelve exhibits drawn from ICE's own statistics, court orders, inspector findings, and named-outlet reporting. What happened to enforcement after four people were killed by federal agents, and what happened to the people held in the facilities that profit from it. Every figure carries its source.
People held on each ICE reporting date. The four fatal shootings by federal agents are marked in red.
Biweekly ICE detention statistics; ICE suspended publication for a period in early 2026, so intervals are uneven. All-time high of 70,766 on January 24, 2026.
Jan 7, 2026: Renee Nicole Good killed, MinneapolisA mother of three and a U.S. citizen, killed by a federal agent. Detained population that day: 68,990, then a record. source
Jan 24, 2026: Alex Pretti killed, MinneapolisA VA nurse and a U.S. citizen, killed by a federal agent. Population that day: 70,766, the all-time high; daily removals peaked at 1,456 the same week. source
Jul 7, 2026: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo killed, HoustonA husband, father of three, and owner of a small construction company, killed by an ICE agent in Magnolia Park. Population 65,765 on July 11; ICE's pause on most vehicle stops was short-lived. source
Jul 13, 2026: Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero killed, Biddeford, MaineThe second fatal ICE shooting in six days. Population about 68,000 by August 8, as July book-ins set a Trump-era high above 46,000 and the White House pressed for 2,000 arrests a day. sourceRead: neither cluster of killings was followed by a sustained drop in detention. Enforcement volume is set by arrest quotas and appropriations, and the killings changed neither input.
Source: Migration Policy Institute (Jan and Aug 2025 values); TRAC Report 767 (Nov 16, 2025); Austin Kocher, Detention Reports (Dec 13, 2025; Jan 7 and Jan 24, 2026); ICE biweekly data via TRAC (Jun 29, 2025; Feb 7 and Apr 4, 2026); ABC News (Jul 11, 2026); CBS News (Aug 2026). Shooting dates: LULAC records; CBS News.
That is 45 percent above FY2025 and the highest total since the Obama-era record.
FY2026 shown through July 11, 2026 (solid) and projected at the current pace (outline). Projection is Kocher's pace-based estimate.
| Fiscal year | Removals | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 (to Apr 6, 2024) | 133,803 | |
| FY2025 (to Apr 5, 2025) | 134,500 | +0.5% |
| FY2026 (to Apr 4, 2026) | 234,236 | +74% |
Source: ICE removal statistics as compiled by Austin Kocher, Detention Reports (Apr 15, 2026); ICE data via ABC News (Jul 21, 2026); TRAC Report 767; American Immigration Council (Apr 17, 2026).
2025 count is 31 per ICE, 32 per Guardian verification. The four Biden-term years combined are shown as a single bar for comparison.
Voice rule: names with dignity; family consent before stories or photos. Source: CBS News (May 1, 2026); NPR (Mar 10 and Apr 17, 2026); U.S. News (Aug 13, 2026); NIPNLG (Aug 2026); HRW and Physicians for Human Rights, Dying in Detention (Jun 25, 2026); Detention Kills.
| Facility (operator) | Deaths reported | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Camp East Montana, Fort Bliss, TXAcquisition Logistics | 3 by Apr 2026 | Largest ICE population; one death ruled a homicide by the El Paso medical examiner (Jan 2026). source |
| Delaney Hall, Newark, NJGEO Group | 3 medical-emergency deaths | Brutus (Dec 2025), Lopez-Cornejo (Aug 2026), and one man released to a hospital before death. source |
| Adelanto, CAGEO Group | 4 (Sept 2025 to Mar 2026) | Ayala-Uribe, Garcia-Aviles, Ramos-Solano, and one other; federal injunction July 16, 2026. source |
| Stewart, Lumpkin, GACoreCivic | 2, plus one in transit | Molina-Veya (Jun 2025); Gonzalez (Apr 2026, suicide in segregation); ICE's oversight office had cited suicide-prevention violations. source |
| Winn, Winnfield, LALaSalle | 2 (Apr and Jun 2026) | Cabrera Clemente; Artmeladze. source |
| North Lake, Baldwin, MIGEO Group | 1 (Dec 2025) | Gantchev; no answers to the congressional inquiry. source |
| Montgomery and Joe Corley, Conroe, TXGEO Group | 2 (Dec 2025, Jan 2026) | Detention Kills counts at least 45 deaths at GEO facilities over the company's ICE history. source |
Of 48 deaths from Jan 2025 to Apr 28, 2026
Source: Austin Kocher, Detention Reports (May 1, 2026); NPR (Apr 17, 2026); U.S. News (Aug 13, 2026); AILA death tracker; CalMatters (Jul 2026); California AG (Jun 12, 2026); Detention Kills; Axios Dallas (Jul 13, 2026); Washington Post (Jan 15, 2026).
Investigation found contaminated food, extreme temperatures, overcrowding, and an active tuberculosis case; state health inspectors repeatedly denied entry. source
Families in trailers with six bunk beds; more than 1,300 held, children beyond 20 days; measles, moldy food, and contaminated water reported. source
Repeatedly above contractual capacity in ICE's own data. source
Population rose from 7 in 2023 to 1,570 in 2025 while staffing did not keep pace; a federal court ordered clean water, calorie-sufficient meals, and hygiene supplies. source
5,000-bed tent camp; ACLU interviews with 45 detainees describe beatings, sexual assault during pat-downs, and spoiled food. The facility passed ICE inspection. source
Source: TRAC Report 762 (Apr 2025); Vera Institute (Apr 10, 2026); Austin Kocher (May 1, 2026) for Stewart capacity; U.S. News; KSAT; Prison Legal News; California AG; CalMatters; ACLU; ABC News.
Cases where the record links a death or serious harm to a care failure.
His family says he was denied diabetes and blood pressure medication. The New Jersey Attorney General opened a civil rights investigation into medication access. Second death at the facility in eight months.
CNN (Aug 4, 2026); New Jersey Globe; NJ 101.5Court filings say staff knew of a life-threatening emergency three days before his death and returned him to his cell. His family learned of the death from police and has sued GEO and the health contractor Wellpath.
LAist (May 13, 2026); Detention KillsSeizure at intake one day after arrival. Witnesses say the ambulance was held at the gate while a transport van was prioritized.
New Jersey reporting via Yahoo (Dec 2025); Rep. McIver releaseThe ACLU of Michigan and MIRC documented denials and life-threatening delays of care over ten months, detainees told to pay for prescriptions, and one detainee who went mute after months of transfers. About 300 men began a hunger strike on April 21, 2026.
Michigan Advance (May 15, 2026); CBS DetroitRepresentatives Levin and Jacobs toured the facility after reports of medication shortages.
Austin Kocher, Detention Reports (May 1, 2026)GEO refused for two months to share tuberculosis case information with state and county health authorities. Colorado sued on August 19, 2026.
Colorado AG; Colorado Sun (Aug 19, 2026)Note: HRW and Physicians for Human Rights (Jun 25, 2026) sent findings on 39 first-year deaths to CoreCivic, GEO, Acentra Health, and Akima Global Services; none had responded at publication.
Died by suicide in a segregation cell. Less than three months earlier, ICE's Office of Detention Oversight had found CoreCivic out of compliance with suicide-prevention standards there, including 20 percent of people on suicide watch not monitored at required intervals, and imposed no binding correction. 911 audio shows a 90-second delay in conveying the emergency.
Atlanta Press Collective (May 12, 2026); Detention Kills; CBS News (May 1, 2026)A Brazilian asylum seeker who died after a suicide attempt. A federal judge imposed an adverse-inference sanction for CoreCivic's destruction of cell video despite a same-day preservation demand. The company settled in March 2026, days before trial.
The Intercept (May 24, 2026); Prison Legal News (Jul 1, 2026)Unsealed documents show detainees placed in solitary confinement for refusing to clean common areas. The class proceeds after the Supreme Court's February 2026 ruling. Members of Congress asked GEO's CEO to reconcile his testimony denying coercion.
Supreme Court (No. 24-758); Rep. Neguse releaseA 13-year-old described nightmares and self-blame; counseling consisted of breathing exercises and warm milk, with no screening for self-harm. Parents reported adults and children attempting suicide.
KSAT (Jul 1, 2025), citing lawsuit exhibitsPresumed suicide. The 29th FY2026 death, surpassing the FY2004 record.
NPR (Apr 17, 2026)A detainee went mute after transfers through four states. His mother could not confirm he was alive without the online locator.
Michigan Advance (May 15, 2026)Note: the 2026 National Detention Standards retain the requirement to remove a detainee from restricted housing when mental health staff find deterioration (ICE NDS 2026, ice.gov).
| Case | What was documented | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Beatriz Pastrana CandelaEloy, AZ (CoreCivic) | Pregnant at arrest in November 2025. Medical and corrections staff repeatedly told her she was not pregnant; she miscarried; still detained five months later. | Tucson Sentinel (Apr 29, 2026) |
| ACLU National Prison Project letterTo ICE and Senate committees | More than a dozen women describe shackling, solitary confinement, poor food, and denial of prenatal care during pregnancy and miscarriage; one was left to miscarry alone in a hospital room after days of bleeding. | NBC News (Oct 23, 2025); ACLU (Oct 27, 2025) |
| Honduran women reported by clinic staff | One deported ten days after a missed-miscarriage diagnosis without treatment, needing emergency care on arrival; another bled in detention without care after informing guards. | The 19th (Mar 18, 2026) |
| "Anabell"Campbell County, KY | Suspected miscarriage; lawmakers and her attorney were unable to obtain her medical records. | The 19th (Jul 31, 2026) |
| Senators Blumenthal, Hirono, and OssoffMay 2026 | Letter to Secretary Mullin and private contractors at a Texas facility citing miscarriages, medical neglect, and shackling; urged restoring the presumption of release. | Latin Post (May 12, 2026) |
Note: ICE's July 2021 directive and the presumption against detaining pregnant people remain the governing policy. Source: DHS data as reported by Latin Post and The 19th; National Health Law Program (Aug 2026); Tucson Sentinel; NBC News; ACLU; Sen. Ossoff investigation (Aug 2025).
| Facility (operator) | What was documented | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Otay Mesa, CACoreCivic | A 2020 memorandum lets the CoreCivic warden decide whether rape allegations are investigated. The sheriff investigated none of the 2025 reports. A county supervisor wants the agreement revisited. | CalMatters and KPBS (Mar 24 to 25, 2026); Prison Legal News (Apr 1, 2026) |
| South Louisiana, BasileGEO Group | CRCL complaint (Sept 15, 2025) alleges sexual harassment and abuse of a woman and three transgender detainees, 2023 to 2025, naming a former assistant warden. Officer Courvelle used other detainees as lookouts. No supervisor charged. | Verite News (Sept 17, 2025); The Advocate (Dec 29, 2025; Jun 26, 2026) |
| Northwest ICE Processing Center, TacomaGEO Group | 3,500 detainee complaints and 229 sexual abuse reports over ten years. State health inspectors were turned away about ten times. Court order July 9, 2026. | Gov. Ferguson and AG Brown suit (2026); Detention Pipeline |
| Golden State Annex, McFarlandGEO Group | Federal civil rights complaint for survivors describes staff sexual abuse and harassment and retaliation against people who protested conditions. | Asian Law Caucus (Aug 27, 2024) |
| Camp East Montana, Fort BlissAcquisition Logistics | ACLU suit alleges guards touch people sexually without consent, including a male guard assaulting a man during a pat-down in front of others. | ABC News (Jun 2, 2026); ACLU (Apr 13, 2026) |
| Stewart, Lumpkin, GACoreCivic | 2022 CRCL complaint: a nurse allegedly coerced four women into unnecessary exposure during medical visits. Senators asked why he was still treating patients. | SPLC complaint; Warnock and Ossoff letter (Jul 19, 2022) |
Context: CoreCivic's own 2019 PREA reporting recorded 145 staff-on-detainee and 297 detainee-on-detainee sexual abuse complaints nationwide (Houston Chronicle, May 2020). DHS CRCL, the office that receives these complaints, was reduced to a handful of staff in 2025 (NPR, Aug 20, 2026).
| Documented case or finding | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| U.S.-citizen children in family detentionDilley (CoreCivic) | Congressional investigators found nearly 20 American children detained, four held for weeks with their mother and no lawyer. Sen. Ossoff logged 18 abuse or neglect cases involving children, including U.S. citizens. | ProPublica and congressional report (Dec 9, 2025); Ossoff investigation (Aug 2025) |
| George Retes, Army veteranCalifornia | Pepper-sprayed, handcuffed, and held three days and nights in a cell with no explanation, no shower, and no calls. He was on his way to work when stopped. | ProPublica via LAist (Oct 16, 2025) |
| New Mexico man with an intellectual disability | Held about ten days after answering "yes" to a question he did not understand; released when family produced a birth certificate and a judge dismissed the case. | EMP Law summary of reported case (2026); facility to verify |
| Pattern findings | Citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot; at least three pregnant when detained; citizenship claims ignored and documentation not verified even when asserted. | ProPublica (Oct 16, 2025); Reps. Goldman and Correa and Sens. Warren, Padilla, and Kelly letter |
| Official position | DHS Secretary Noem: no American citizens have been arrested or detained. DHS to ProPublica: the agency does not arrest U.S. citizens for immigration enforcement. | ProPublica (Oct and Dec 2025) |
| Pre-2025 baseline | GAO: ICE arrested 674 and detained 121 potential U.S. citizens from 2015 to 2020. | GAO-21-487 (2021) |
Read: because DHS keeps no count, every figure above is a floor, not a ceiling. The firsthand accounts in the congressional record directly contradict the agency's public denials. Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, killed by federal agents in Minneapolis in January 2026, were U.S. citizens.
Source: ProPublica (Oct 16 and Dec 9, 2025); Democracy Now (Oct 17, 2025); Common Dreams (Oct 18, 2025); Rep. Goldman release; Sen. Ossoff investigation (Aug 2025); GAO-21-487; EMP Law (Jun 2026). To verify by facility: which of the 20+ multi-day detentions occurred at GEO or CoreCivic sites.
Average number of people under 18 held in ICE family detention per day. Daily averages are Marshall Project calculations from ICE data; the peak-day figure is the Marshall Project's.
Sworn statements, monitor reports, and named cases at Dilley and Karnes.
Arrested in Minneapolis wearing a bunny hat and a Spiderman backpack; sent with his father to Dilley; released after ten days following intervention by members of Congress and a judge.
Prison Legal News (Mar 1, 2026)A mother and two children held for weeks before an immigration judge ordered deportation to Georgia. Children's Rights reported that parents could not answer their children's most basic questions.
The Marshall Project (Aug 18, 2026)An 18-year-old and four younger siblings, including 5-year-old twins, held more than nine months with their mother while fighting deportation to Egypt.
NBC News (Mar 16, 2026)Among more than 900 children held past the 20-day limit. Monitors obtained sworn statements from children describing stress and lack of sleep; a 13-year-old wrote that he did not want to die there.
NBC DFW (Mar 17, 2026)Measles spread. Parents reported worms and mold in food and foul-smelling water, and infants losing weight on a diet of bread. A child's cancer treatment lapsed; an 8-year-old's deep chin cut was treated with a bandage.
The Marshall Project (Apr 6, 2026); KSAT (Jul 1, 2025); Human Rights First (Apr 2026)Families at Dilley are far more likely to proceed without ever speaking to an attorney, or to abandon their claims in order to end detention. Sen. Ossoff's 2025 investigation logged 18 cases of abuse or medical neglect of children, including U.S. citizens.
Human Rights First and RAICES, A New Era of ICE Family Prisons (Apr 2026); Sen. Ossoff investigation (Aug 2025)Source: The Marshall Project (Jan 29, Apr 6, and Aug 18, 2026); NBC News and NBC DFW (Mar 16 to 17, 2026), citing Flores monitor data; ProPublica via PBS NewsHour (Feb 9, 2026); Human Rights First and RAICES (Apr 2026); Sen. Ossoff investigation (Aug 2025).
NPR (Jun 3, 2026): about a third of all ICE detainees are held in GEO facilities and about half of GEO's revenue is ICE money. POGO calls the two companies the career path destination for the agency's senior leadership. Documented public roles only.
GOVERNMENT ROLEICE and predecessor agencies since the 1980s; senior ERO roles. Back at ICE in 2025 as No. 2 over the contract division; acting ICE Director since June 2026.
COMPANY TIEGEO Group executive 2012 to 2022 (SVP, client relations); paid GEO consultant for two years after retiring. Says he has divested; Sen. Warren ethics demand May 27, 2026.NPR via WXXI (Jun 3, 2026); Warren letter
GOVERNMENT ROLEActing ICE Director 2017 to 2018; now White House Border Czar. Helped hire Venturella.
COMPANY TIEPaid consultant to GEO Care in the two years before January 2025 (more than $5,000 disclosed; rules do not require the full amount). Reps. Raskin, Crockett, and Jayapal demanded recusal Aug 26, 2025; no recusal reported.Washington Post via Spokesman-Review; House Judiciary Democrats
GOVERNMENT ROLEICE's top career official over detention (Enforcement and Removal Operations).
COMPANY TIELeft ICE for GEO days before the November 2024 election, per an ethics document POGO obtained.POGO (2025)
GOVERNMENT ROLEActing ICE Director, 2019 to 2020. Subject of a January 2020 Warren-led revolving-door inquiry while at ICE.
COMPANY TIEGEO Group executive since 2022; succeeded Venturella as SVP, client relations.POGO; Warren letter
GOVERNMENT ROLEICE Deputy Director; briefly Acting Director (2017).
COMPANY TIEGEO Group executive since 2017. Works alongside a former ICE procurement official (joined 2019) and a former ICE senior executive (joined 2020).POGO
GOVERNMENT ROLEHead of ICE under President George W. Bush.
COMPANY TIEGEO Group board of directors since 2014, the longest-standing board-level tie.POGO
GOVERNMENT ROLEU.S. Attorney General. Sen. Durbin has called for her recusal from immigration enforcement matters.
COMPANY TIERegistered lobbyist for GEO Group in 2019.Washington Post via Spokesman-Review
GOVERNMENT ROLEActing ICE Director until his resignation in late May 2026.
COMPANY TIEReplaced by Venturella, the former GEO executive. The contract-signing agency is now led by the vendor's former executive.Democracy Now (Jun 1, 2026)
people who have led ICE, Homan, Ragsdale, Albence, and Venturella, have also worked or consulted for GEO Group.
Source: NPR via WXXI (Jun 3, 2026), reporting by Meg Anderson with Gwynne Hogan; POGO; Washington Post via Spokesman-Review; Warren letter (May 27, 2026); House Judiciary Democrats; Democracy Now (Jun 1, 2026). Portraits are official government photographs.
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