ICE Flight Monitor
ICE Flight Monitor is a data-driven initiative that systematically tracks and documents U.S. immigration enforcement flights. It provides detailed insights into government operations often hidden from public view.
Recent statistics
Number of Removal Flights by Region
Since January 2025, the Trump administration has drastically expanded ICE Air operations to local airports across the United States and countries around the world to facilitate its mass detention and deportation campaign operating with little transparency or accountability.
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Region:
AsiaCaribbeanCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle East and North AfricaNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth AmericaSub-Saharan Africa
Recent Reports
View AllView monthly reports covering ICE deportation flights, domestic transfer flights, Guantánamo detention flights, military flights, and deportation flights carried out by the Mexican and Panamanian governments.
Access the full archive, available starting from January 2020, at Witness at the Border.
Methodology
Immigration enforcement flights are documented using publicly available aviation data, informed by years of experience and tens of thousands of recorded flights. Flight data is cross-referenced with public records, media reports, communications with attorneys and family members, and observations from trusted partner organizations.
Tom Cartwright
ICE Flight Monitor builds on a methodology developed by Tom Cartwright, a former Executive Vice President at JPMorgan, who began tracking ICE flights in 2020.
Cartwright tracked over 40,000 immigration enforcement flights before transitioning the project under the name “ICE Flight Monitor” to Human Rights First in August 2025.
