Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention standards are difficult to enforce because they aren’t written into law. Rather than follow a uniform standard, detention centers operate under a patchwork of different standards.

Civil rights groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday in a bid to stop the government’s policy of allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to arrest undocumented migrants who show up for immigration hearings at courthouses.

On July 1, Congress passed a budget bill that gives an unprecedented $45 billion for building new immigration detention centers, including family detention facilities. This massive increase in detention beds across the country comes at a time when there is increasing concern about detention conditions for undocumented children.

A new policy rolling out nationally prevents judges from granting bond to most detained migrants. Those hearings often end with a judge releasing the detainee if they agree to post a cash bond, and in some cases, be tracked by a GPS device.

Four I.C.E. agents discuss their pride in protecting the public, explaining how detention centers operate and debunking claims about cages while detailing bond hearings

Two Democratic lawmaker say that the Department of Homeland Security is placing restrictive rules on visiting the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, which interferes with their ability to conduct Congressional oversight.

The family of Narciso Barranco was reunited with the 48-year-old landscaper on Tuesday, July 15, after bureaucratic delays postponed his bond release from the Adelanto U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center.

Benjamin Song, the man behind a statewide Blue Alert after a July 4 attack on an immigration detention center, was previously sued over his involvement in a counter-protest outside a Fort Worth drag show in 2023.

Immigrants being held in ICE detention centers in at least seven states are complaining of hunger, food shortages and spoiled food.