California’s Shadowy ICE Holding Rooms Detained at Least 17,351 People Last Year ^25.2%

L.A. TACO - By Aisha Wallace-Palomares - 3/25/2026, 11:57 PM

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates 14 holding rooms across California that function like unofficial detention facilities, according to data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the Deportation Data Project and analyzed by Colorado Times Recorder. Across the nation, ICE uses a total of 170 such holding rooms,... more