Want to understand immigration enforcement in 2026? Read these 5 reports
An immigration scholar highlights five reports with three takeaways each — and makes a case for reading deeply instead of reacting to chaos.
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How to make sense of ICE arrest data
An immigration scholar guides us through the process of analyzing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest data, based on datasets published by the Data Deportation Project.
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For journalists who cover immigration, better ICE detention data now available
Researchers created a new method to calculate how many people are detained at ICE facilities — and uncovered some hidden population spikes that don’t appear in ICE’s own reports.
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287(g): The program that lets state and local police perform the functions of federal immigration officers
“In the span of about two months, the Trump administration radically expanded the 287(g) program beyond anything I have seen in the past 15 years of close study of this precise policy,” writes immigration scholar Austin Kocher.
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ICE’s recent detention data: What journalists need to understand
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detained population flatlined in April, but there’s more to the numbers than meets the eye. It’s time to level up our understanding of detention data.
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