ICE quietly stopped listing detainees with final removal orders in its online detainee locator system starting around September 15, 2026, without public announcement. Nearly 16,000 people booked into ICE detention in July had final removal orders, with advocates estimating nearly a third of detainees nationwide fall into this category. Attorney Annalise Araujo said families struggled to locate detained relatives, including one client whose husband was detained in Florida but later found at a facility in Louisiana. Eight Somali men held at Guantánamo Bay also disappeared from the locator. Advocacy groups including the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, and the ACLU said the change could make it 'nearly impossible' to contest removals, including habeas petitions and claims under the Convention Against Torture. The change does not apply to facilities under court order, such as Adelanto, California, and temporary holding sites in Minneapolis, New York City, and suburban Chicago. ICE declined to confirm or deny the policy when asked by reporters.