If you’re wondering what ICE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — has been doing in Chicago since President Donald Trump launched his deportation campaign in January, don’t look to the department itself.

It stopped sharing comprehensive data on arrests, detentions and deportations once Trump took office.

This includes data for Chicago even as ICE has ramped up at various points over the past few months, and the president in recent days announced stepped-up enforcement his administration dubbed Operation Midway Blitz.

Until January 2025, ICE maintained a detailed and easy-to-use online dashboard showing searchable statistics by location, timeframe and whether someone was arrested or detained for an immigration violation or for criminal reasons, whether that was over a conviction

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