For Philly-Area Immigrants, an ICE Arrest Can Take Them Thousands of Miles From Home

More than 12,000 people were detained in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware in the nine months after Trump took office — nearly three times the number during Biden's final nine months — with the typical detainee transferred twice and sent over 1,200 miles total. About 36% of detainees were transferred three or more times, and voluntary departures increased 750%, as immigration attorneys say the distant transfers are designed to separate detainees from their lawyers and families.