Vulnerability to ICE raids and arrests
Deportation Tracker Live is an interactive map displaying address, time, and details of ICE sightings or raids in a selected area. This resource also allows an individual to report an ICE encounter or sighting.
This resource allows users to evaluate their deportation risk and vulnerability to ICE raids based on immigration status, Visa types, past legal issues, past ICE encounters, and location. The website answers common questions about deportation and where an individual’s rights stand against ICE.
Deportation Tracker Instructions: Open Tool > Navigate the resource with the menu across the top of the page > click Data for a detailed breakdown of deportations and ICE interactions > click Report ICE Sighting to report an encounter or sighting, which will contribute to the data > scroll down within this page to view the interactive map of recently reported ICE raids > click Deportation Risk to enter information about your own or somebody else’s status to calculate deportation risk.
PrisonPolicy provides data on ICE arrests by state and type of arrest. This allows for comparison to total state populations based on the US 2024 Census. Data on recent deportations/arrest by state/demographic is free/available to anyone.
PrisonPolicy Instructions: Open Tool > menu > data toolbox > scroll down to “state level criminal justice data (all states)” > click “ICE arrest rate per 100,000 residents, by apprehension location > view data. From here, click “methodology”> scroll down to “immigration detention” section > click “Deportation Data Project”
To find out where a loved one is detained, visit Online Detainee Locator System or US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Detention Facilities page.
One the facility is identified, that facility’s website can provide information is necessary when calling or visiting.
Helpful Resources
Immigrant Defense Project created a booklet about immigration arrests and raids and rights of immigrants, as well as provides other resources for protection.
*For more information about ICE raids and arrests, click here.
*Contact KYR@immdefense.org
*For information on making a plan, click here.
If you witness an ice arrest…
*Witnesses of ICE arrest have a right to deny giving documents or fingerprints.
*Repeat that you do not consent to ICE officers being in your home.
*Request warrants, names and badge numbers of officers.
*Offer to search and collect items the officers are looking for instead of letting agents search about the property.
*Record the details of the arrest or encounter. If an officer asks you to stop recording and to hand over your device, DO NOT physically resist, but verbally announce that you do not consent.
*Initiate an emergency plan. See planning resource above.
Do’s:
*Opening the door when ICE knocks is NOT your consent. If ICE enters your home without consent, you DO have the right to verbally announce that they do not have your consent.
*You DO have the right to ask for an agent's ID, place of work, and to see a warrant.
*You DO have the right deny consent for ICE to search your home without a warrant.
*You DO want to attention to how ICE agents acted during the search or arrest- it may impact a persons case if ICE did something they are not supposed to do.
*You DO have the right to remain silent and the right to not share information or sign documents. Do not answer questions or sign anything without a lawyer present.
Important to know:
*It will NOT always be clear that the agents are from ICE.
*ICE agents do not usually have a court issued warrant but will often lie, pretend to be police, or use force or intimidation to enter a home.
*ICE agents often act like they are police on an investigation seeking your help to get you to willingly offer information on the person they are seeking out.
*ICE officers often drive unmarked cars, wear plain clothing or a police vest.
When & where:
*ICE is arresting people at home, work, legal buildings, on the street, and while driving.
*ICE is most likely to come to your home early in the morning when people are still asleep.
Dont’s
*If you are a passenger in a vehicle, you DO NOT have to show any legal documents
*Despite threats and intimidation tactics, you DO NOT have to let ICE into your home unless they have a warrant signed by a judge. A warrant signed by ICE is not enough to enter without your consent.
*DO NOT lie to an officer, even if they have lied to you - say “I do not want to answer any questions” if you do not want to give away the whereabouts or personal information of a person. Lying to an ICE agent can lead to criminal prosecution, even if you were lied to first.
*You DO NOT have to give ICE agents your passport or consular documents without a warrant signed by a judge.
*DO NOT give any false or invalid documentation.