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ICE's detainee population reaches new record high of 73,000, as crackdown widens
CBS News ^ | January 16, 2026 | By Camilo Montoya-Galvez

Posted on 01/16/2026 2:06:23 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The number of detainees in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has reached a new record high, surpassing 70,000 for the first time in the deportation agency's 23-year history, according to internal Department of Homeland Security data obtained by CBS News.

As of Thursday, ICE was holding about 73,000 individuals facing deportation in its custody across the country, the highest level recorded by the agency and an 84% increase from the same time in 2025, when its detention population hovered below 40,000, the internal statistics show.

The Trump administration has said it is aiming to be able to detain upwards of 100,000 immigration detainees at any given time, as part of its government-wide effort to carry out a deportation crackdown of unprecedented proportions.

Former senior U.S. immigration officials said they were not aware of any other period in American history when the U.S. government had held more people in immigration detention.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: border; election2024; goodstart; ice; illegalaliens; joes10million; millionstogo; seebs; seebsnooz

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1 posted on 01/16/2026 2:06:23 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Millions more to go.
Keep dragging ‘em in.

Illegally in the US?
Get Out!


2 posted on 01/16/2026 2:09:01 PM PST by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That is great! Good job officers.

Where are they putting all those Democrat voters? No wonder Tim and Frey are lying so much...the voter loss and the fraud being found out.


3 posted on 01/16/2026 2:10:25 PM PST by madison10 ("...the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty." Psalm 74:20b [NKJV])
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Liberal judges everywhere are beside themselves.
Only release orders and injunctions can make them happy.
When the number of detainees gets out, we might see some action on their part.


4 posted on 01/16/2026 2:11:33 PM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

it’s a start, let’s keep it going


5 posted on 01/16/2026 2:11:56 PM PST by Third Person
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If we had a bounty on them, we would have millions in a couple of months.


6 posted on 01/16/2026 2:13:10 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Macoozie

Not enough. To get 15 millions out in 3 years, we need 5 million deportation in a year!


7 posted on 01/16/2026 2:16:04 PM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What we gone do with all those empty buildings once all the Meskins are dealt with?


8 posted on 01/16/2026 2:16:25 PM PST by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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To: unixfox

I stocked up on ammo during 0bama’s time in the White House.
They’ve closed the local rifle range due to population growth. What am I going to do with all?


9 posted on 01/16/2026 2:17:24 PM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

the right judge could process ALL of them in one day and have them on a plane out the next!


10 posted on 01/16/2026 2:18:21 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Rotate out the inventory frequently. Send them back to the factory of origin.


11 posted on 01/16/2026 2:19:59 PM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wonder is the count includes Ilhan Omar and her staff?


12 posted on 01/16/2026 2:23:04 PM PST by chopperk
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is Alligator Alcatraz still operating?


13 posted on 01/16/2026 2:23:17 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gotta work on the getting them the hell out part.


14 posted on 01/16/2026 2:25:12 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Obama ice arrested nearly TWO MILLION. Biden Ice, 500 thousand! Bogus article.


15 posted on 01/16/2026 2:30:20 PM PST by blackberry1
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To: blackberry1

So Biden had 40k and Trump added another 30k……..??????

What’s all the hubbub, bub?


16 posted on 01/16/2026 2:35:27 PM PST by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

ARE ANY AT ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ???


17 posted on 01/16/2026 2:40:00 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Release the crackdown!


18 posted on 01/16/2026 2:41:36 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The word for the day is “ disenthralled”.

Short video quoting Lincoln. Funny.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/704070285870113/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v


19 posted on 01/16/2026 2:43:28 PM PST by missthethunder (Since the 1980 Rona Barrett interview. IYKYK. )
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To: madison10

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20 posted on 01/16/2026 2:49:57 PM PST by Salamander ( Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRDa)
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