'It's happening everywhere': 1 in 3 ICE detainees held in overcrowded facilities, data show

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These are some of the conditions described by lawyers and the people held at immigrant detention facilities around the country over the last few months. A Los Angeles Times analysis of public data shows that more than a third of ICE detainees have spent time in an overcapacity dedicated detention center this year. Detainees do stretches outdoors as a helicopter flies overhead at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Krome detention center in Miami on July 4, 2025. Detainees have tested positive for tuberculosis at facilities such as the Anchorage Correctional Complex in Alaska and the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California. Luis was held at Otay Mesa Detention Center after his May arrest.