From April 26, 2024, to Oct. 16, 2025, thousands of people detained by ICE near Philadelphia were transferred to remote facilities across the country — often hundreds of miles from their lawyers, families, and communities — as they moved through the deportation pipeline.
Source: Deportation Data Project; Vera Institute of Justice | Credit: Stephen Stirling and Joe Yerardi / Staff
Each line represents a transfer route between two facilities; thickness reflects how many people traveled that route. Animated dots show direction of transfer. Includes all stays that began at a facility in Pennsylvania, Delaware, or New Jersey. The majority of detentions occurred under the administration of Donald J. Trump.