Trump’s ICE Has Detained More People Than the Population of Atlanta Unlike prior administrations, in Trump’s second term, ICE is aggressively arresting people far from the border and detaining them longer.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/08/25/immigrant-detention-trump-ice-thousands-length?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_1unM7CoPlsIDUrdA-xbcRwyM_wHgQUP2ziKDo9frmrNdTdJFg4WjIQkwvIsEeTskvrlKFJdyIZjDosk26NEgYHKHXGA&_hsmi=435310199&utm_content=435310199&utm_source=hs_email The Marshall Project: 600K People Put In Immigration Detention During Trump’s Second Term More than 45,000 people were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month, the highest number since Donald Trump retook office, according to data the Deportation Data Project released Monday. In total, since Trump’s inauguration last year, ICE has detained over 610,000 people — more than the population of Atlanta, Baltimore, Milwaukee or the entire state of Wyoming. (Schwartzapfel and Flagg, 8/25)