Tens of thousands of people were detained and deported during US government shutdown

Photo: Chicago community members being loaded into vans, handcuffed and crying.. The people detained were asked to come in for a check in as part of the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, which they did in good faith, only to be immediately detained – June 4, 2025. Photo credit: Paul Goyette via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Will Craft, Andrew Witherspoon and José Olivares in New York. The Guardian – November 21, 2025.

US immigration officials arrested, detained and deported tens of thousands of people in operations nationwide during the federal government shutdown, new data reveals. The arrests have led to a marked increase in the number of people held in immigration jails, with more than 65,000 currently detained nationwide – the highest number of people in immigration detention ever. […]

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