"The number of children in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention on a given day has skyrocketed, jumping more than sixfold since the start of the second Trump administration...ICE held around 170 children on an average day under Trump. During the last 16 months of the Biden administration, ICE held around 25 children a day."

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/ice-kids-in-detention-numbers

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