Overview
- A UC Berkeley Deportation Data Project report using ICE records through Oct. 15, 2025 finds deportations following ICE arrests rose about fourfold nationwide during President Trump's first nine months.
- ICE street arrests increased roughly 11 times compared with pre-inauguration monthly averages, while transfers from jails and prisons to ICE about doubled.
- Arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions rose about sevenfold, and only about 30% of those detained had convictions.
- Short-term releases dropped sharply, with releases within 60 days falling from roughly 16% late in the Biden administration to about 3%, while deportations within two months rose from 55% to 69%.
- Detention capacity roughly tripled with new congressional funding, voluntary departures were more than 21 times higher, and New England saw deportations nearly quadruple with about 56% removed within 60 days.