Where is ICE's latest data on immigrant detention? Trump's supporters and detractors alike are in the dark about immigration enforcement activity. Let's hope they fix it soon.
One interesting data point: Asked about Krome’s capacity and current population, an ICE spokesperson told a local Miami news outlet the agency does not disclose operational detentions and detention numbers for security reasons. This was in the wake of the third death at Krome this fiscal year, and amidst now-verified reports that the agency and its contractors had women sleeping in the parking lot on buses due to space constraints.
Interestingly enough, there have been a handful of ODO reports over the years that have disclosed the capacity at the time of inspection (581 in 2012, up to 611 in 2020, then down to 420 during COVID, and back up to 572 in 2023).
Re: lack of granularity (and another comment here)...am I wrong in thinking that one should be able to derive, if not an instantaneous population in a given detention facility, at least an ADP over the period between two reports? So at least something significantly more granular at this point in the fiscal year than the FYTD ADP numbers they directly report?
Like, e.g. for Krome now that they just released the new data (Facilities data from 4/14/25):
The 3/31/25 data had a FY25 YTD ADP of 741. 3/31 is (let's say) 181 days into FY25, so that means 134121 daily tallies (MANDAYs) YTD.
Today's reports an YTD ADP of 769. 4/14 is 195 days into FY25, so now 149955 YTD MANDAYs, an increase of 15834 over the 14 days between reports, for an average daily population of 1,131 at Krome the first half of April (down from the peak crowding mid-March but still very overcrowded, which tracks with anecdotal reports).
Aside from potential off-by-one denominators from inclusive-vs-exclusive date ranges, does that all follow?
The delay may not be nefarious (though it may), but according to this data, it's part of a growing trend. So regardless of whether it's intentionally withholding information or just not having their shit together, it's bad news.
One interesting data point: Asked about Krome’s capacity and current population, an ICE spokesperson told a local Miami news outlet the agency does not disclose operational detentions and detention numbers for security reasons. This was in the wake of the third death at Krome this fiscal year, and amidst now-verified reports that the agency and its contractors had women sleeping in the parking lot on buses due to space constraints.
That's absurd. Totally absurd.
Interestingly enough, there have been a handful of ODO reports over the years that have disclosed the capacity at the time of inspection (581 in 2012, up to 611 in 2020, then down to 420 during COVID, and back up to 572 in 2023).
Recent years have mostly redacted it, though.
Re: lack of granularity (and another comment here)...am I wrong in thinking that one should be able to derive, if not an instantaneous population in a given detention facility, at least an ADP over the period between two reports? So at least something significantly more granular at this point in the fiscal year than the FYTD ADP numbers they directly report?
Or am I missing something?
Like, e.g. for Krome now that they just released the new data (Facilities data from 4/14/25):
The 3/31/25 data had a FY25 YTD ADP of 741. 3/31 is (let's say) 181 days into FY25, so that means 134121 daily tallies (MANDAYs) YTD.
Today's reports an YTD ADP of 769. 4/14 is 195 days into FY25, so now 149955 YTD MANDAYs, an increase of 15834 over the 14 days between reports, for an average daily population of 1,131 at Krome the first half of April (down from the peak crowding mid-March but still very overcrowded, which tracks with anecdotal reports).
Aside from potential off-by-one denominators from inclusive-vs-exclusive date ranges, does that all follow?
The delay may not be nefarious (though it may), but according to this data, it's part of a growing trend. So regardless of whether it's intentionally withholding information or just not having their shit together, it's bad news.