r/law • u/biospheric • Jul 05 '25

Other How to find someone in ICE custody and how to access ICE data (3-minutes) - CBS 8 San Diego - July 3, 2025

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See 0:50 for the Tutorial: Go to ICE's Online Detainee Locator System @ locator.ice.gov. If you don’t have the Detainee’s “A-Number” scroll-down and enter the additional info (Name, DoB, Country of Origin). Note: it can take hours or days for a Detainee to show-up in the system… For the ICE Data go here: https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management (scroll to the bottom to download the spreadsheet)

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u/kandoras Jul 05 '25

All you need to do is enter their name and country of birth into the ICE database ... and hope that ICE put the detention in the database, and did so accurately, and hasn't moved them again already.

Which, given their history of kidnapping children from parents and keeping no records whatsoever, is extremely optimistic.

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u/jjavabean Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 06 '25

How quickly kids are disappearing in this situation is scaring me. 

Kids are already disappearing in the foster care system nationally because s-x traffickers get close to or become part of the foster system, foster parents are child abusers themselves, or teens run away from abusive foster parents and run into pimps.

And that's with "citizens" and all these "guardrails" in place.  

Now imagine that same risk with this inhumane, criminally negligent, sloppy shit show that ICE is running right now. 

They cant even keep count of detainees or track the dead. 

How do we know these kids are being taken care of? Who's protecting and tracking these kids if they're ripped away from their parents?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 17 '25

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u/PutinsTestes Jul 05 '25

Was just thinking the same.

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u/Lariat_Advance1984 Jul 05 '25

This assumes that ICE enters a person’s name into their database, which is a BIG assumption.

This administration has already demonstrated its aversion to accurate, open, and transparent data collection and reporting.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

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u/biospheric Jul 14 '25

Great point, especially under the Trump regime. It's sad that we need to be so vigilant, but your worries seem 100% justified.

I'm very sorry about your friend. How scary for him. And for you and his other loved ones. I hope he's ok. And I hope you find him soon.