According to data released by the Deportation Data Project, ICE detained more than 45,000 people last month, the highest monthly total since Trump retook office, and over 610,000 people total since his inauguration. More than 270,000 people spent at least a week in detention last year, the highest since 2012, and overall detention levels have risen nearly 70% since early 2025. About 80% of detentions now originate from the interior of the country rather than the border, a reversal from the Biden administration when 30% came from the interior. A CNN analysis found the pace of deportations is intensifying, the death rate in immigration detention has reached its highest point since the pandemic, and a growing number of shootings by federal immigration agents are drawing scrutiny. Immigration scholars and attorneys quoted say the shift toward interior arrests and prolonged detention disrupts lives, jobs, and families, even when individuals had previously been released by judges with agreements to attend court hearings.