[UPDATE] ICE stops listing thousands of detainees with final deportation orders in its online locator

The cutoff. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stopped returning search results for detainees with final deportation orders on its online locator on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. Three current and former officials described the unannounced move on condition of anonymity. It hides facility locations for thousands of people in federal custody, out of 65,765 held in July 2026. The rationale. ICE did not confirm or deny the change on the record. It said only that people with final orders face priority deportation despite a record volume of court injunctions. The American Immigration Lawyers Association alerted attorneys on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, after clients vanished from search results that week. The exceptions. Federal court orders still force ICE to post prompt public listings at four sites: the Adelanto detention center in California and holding facilities in Minneapolis, New York City and suburban Chicago. Where it stands. Outside those four facilities, families and defense counsel must contact local enforcement field offices directly or call immigration court hotlines, which give case status but do not track where a person is held.