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National trend · ICE published workbook

Detention Receipts

Average length of stay, monthly

35.3

days, July 1, 2026 (partial month)

Highest month indexed: 56.6 in April 1, 2026.

ICE's reported average length of stay for people booked out of detention during the month.

October 1, 2023daysJuly 1, 2026

First month indexed

44.2 · October 1, 2023

Start of the indexed range, not the start of the program.

Months plotted

34

Gaps are left as gaps. No month is interpolated.

Unit

days

Unit as published by ICE. Limitations are set out on the trend record.

Observed in the cited recordDoes not establish:The line records what ICE published month by month. It does not establish why the figure moved, and no policy, award, or facility on this site is shown here as its cause.

Source: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE Detention Management statistics, FY2024 (FY24_detentionStats.xlsx)

ICE data pull, 2026-07-20

National trend frame as text

  1. National trend. Average length of stay, monthly.

  2. ICE's reported average length of stay for people booked out of detention during the month.

  3. days, July 1, 2026 (partial month): 35.3. Highest month indexed: 56.6 in April 1, 2026.

  4. First month indexed: 44.2 · October 1, 2023. Start of the indexed range, not the start of the program.

  5. Months plotted: 34. Gaps are left as gaps. No month is interpolated.

  6. Unit: days. Unit as published by ICE. Limitations are set out on the trend record.

  7. Evidence state: Observed in the cited record.

  8. Does not establish: The line records what ICE published month by month. It does not establish why the figure moved, and no policy, award, or facility on this site is shown here as its cause.

  9. Source: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE Detention Management statistics, FY2024 (FY24_detentionStats.xlsx).

  10. ICE data pull, 2026-07-20

Source link: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — ICE Detention Management statistics, FY2024 (FY24_detentionStats.xlsx)