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ICE quietly made detained people harder to find

ICE stopped listing thousands of detainees with final removal orders in its online locator, a move that lawyers say makes last-minute legal help much harder and could speed deportations by design.

Why it matters: ICE secrecy

First recorded Sep 27, 2026·Meaningfully updated 4 hrs ago

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ICE quietly made detained people harder to find

ICE stopped listing thousands of detainees with final removal orders in its online locator, a move that lawyers say makes last-minute legal help much harder and could speed deportations by design.

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