Transfers of ICE Detainees from the
Detroit Immigration Holding Facility
Detroit, Michigan
Detainees Transferred Number last 12 months 1 Out of total detained 17 Earlier years: previous 12 months 7 FY 2005 39 FY 2000 30
Table 1: TransfersDuring the most recent 12 month period for which data are available, one detainee was recorded as transferred by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from the Detroit Immigration Holding Facility. This is a special ICE holding area or staging location that under current ICE detention standards is allowed to temporarily house aliens for up to 12 or 16 hours. These types of units generally have no sleeping quarters or shower facilities.
A detainee leaves an ICE detention facility for one of many reasons. The individual may be simply transferred to a different ICE detention facility. Or the individual may actually leave ICE detention because they were deported, released under supervision while their cases were being decided, or leave for other reasons.
This report summarizes transfers from the Detroit Immigration Holding Facility. For more information on this facility please see additional TRAC reports in this series.
This report series is based upon analyses conducted by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University of 3.4 million government records tracking each individual who passed through an ICE detention facility during the past decade. The most recent 12 month period for which comprehensive data are available is for April 2007 through March 2008. See About the Data.
Trends in the Number of Detainees Transferred
Greater detail on long-term trends in ICE transfers from the Detroit Immigration Holding Facility are displayed in Figure 1. Here the month-by-month number of transfers are graphed against the backdrop of the total detainees leaving the custody of this facility. Transfers are displayed with darker shading while those deported or released appear with lighter shading. As is readily apparent, considerable variation has occurred over time in both the overall numbers of detainees as well as the volume of transfers during this period.
Transfer trends for the last decade are summarized by fiscal year in Table 2. Year-by-year figures for the Detroit Immigration Holding Facility are given for the total number of detainees as compared with the number transferred from the facility. The percent of detainees that end up being transferred from the facility is also given. (As mentioned above, the remaining detainees end up deported, released under supervision, or leave ICE detention for some other reason.) Because data for all twelve months of the most recent fiscal year are not yet available, the FY 2008 numbers (October 2007 through September 2008) are estimated based upon reporting for the first six months.
Fiscal Year ICE Detainees Total Transfers Percent 1999 98 73 74 % 2000 68 30 44 % 2001 151 105 70 % 2002 50 10 20 % 2003 86 9 10 % 2004 448 226 50 % 2005 102 39 38 % 2006 213 16 8 % 2007 21 0 0 % 2008 (est) 32 2 6 %
Table 2: Detainee transfers from this facility over the last decade
Transfer Details For the Last Twelve Months
Information on each of the transfers from the Detroit Immigration Holding Facility during the last 12 months is provided in the following table.
