ICE’s Data Quality Problem Continues

As mandated by Congress, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is required to publish data on immigrant detention for the public. The agency releases this data as a spreadsheet about every two weeks on their website here.

But don’t trust it without carefully validating it first. That’s because ICE has released faulty numbers several times over the past year. We spotted this at TRAC because we treat validation as an essential part of our work to provide the public with insight into immigration enforcement policies and practices. I wish the agency would take…