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Rights, Speech and Courts
ICE held 67,180 people on July 30, 2026, up 71 percent since January 2025; about 7 in 10 …
GAO reports ICE detention rose from 39,314 on January 20, 2025 to 67,180 on July 30, 2026, with $45 billion in new detention funding; TRAC's July 2026 data show 70.6 percent of detainees have no criminal conviction.