Freedom for Immigrants condemned a new federal policy that conceals the whereabouts of thousands of immigrants with final deportation orders, calling it an escalation of ICE's long-standing practice of 'enforced disappearances' within the detention system. The group's 2021 report documented nearly 700 cases of people who could not be located via the ICE Locator tool between 2017 and 2021, often following transfers between facilities. The organization warns the policy will obstruct access to legal counsel, human rights monitoring, and family contact, and could lead to more deportations to dangerous conditions.