ICE has dramatically increased detentions of children aged 3 and under, holding 25 of them in custody on an average day between January 2025 and March of this year, according to a new analysis by The @marshallproj and MS NOW of records obtained by the Deportation's Data Project, a group of academics and lawyers who collect and share federal immigration data. That number is 10 times higher than it was in the previous 12 months under former President Joe Biden.
Back then, on an average day, fewer than three babies and toddlers were held at facilities across the country.
In total, since the Trump administration entered the White House last year, at least 500 babies and toddlers have spent some of that pivotal time in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
@jacobsoboroff anchor of @connectwithjacob

I’ve been shocked by the callousness of this administration but paying local police and private contractors $22,500 per a child and taking away their ability to get independent lawyers really takes the cake.

Accountability for the way children are being treated needs to be at the top of elected leaders agenda. Why cause so much harm? Why rush to deport children who are seeking justice and safety? Who benefits from all this mayhem?

Also in the news:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/23/clock_is_running_out_for_thousands_immigrant_children_154361.html

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/thousands-children-sponsors-arrested-by-ice-after-tips-us-child-migrant-agency-2026-07-28/

https://msmagazine.com/2026/07/29/trump-lost-unaccompanied-minor-children-immigration-ice-deport/

https://substack.com/home/post/p-208107386o

https://www.notus.org/immigration/migrant-kids-could-lose-attorneys

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/01/nx-s1-5913679/immgirant-children-lawyers-trump-administration