U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

aid: ice
name: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
description: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department
  of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing federal immigration and customs laws. ICE does not publish a general-purpose
  developer API portal, but provides public-facing systems, open data, statistics, and FOIA resources used by researchers,
  attorneys, journalists, and the public.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Customs Enforcement
- DHS
- Federal Government
- Government
- Immigration
- Law Enforcement
- Open Data
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ice/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: ice:ice-online-detainee-locator-system
  name: ICE Online Detainee Locator System (ODLS)
  description: The Online Detainee Locator System is a public-facing search tool that allows the public to locate detainees
    currently in ICE custody by A-Number and country of birth, or by biographical information. The system is provided as a
    web search interface; no public developer API is published.
  humanURL: https://locator.ice.gov/
  tags:
  - Custody
  - Detainee Locator
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://locator.ice.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management
- aid: ice:ice-ero-statistics
  name: ICE ERO Custody and Enforcement Statistics
  description: Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) publishes custody arrest, enforcement, and removal statistics in machine-readable
    formats (CSV/Excel) at regular reporting cadence. These datasets are published as downloadable files rather than through
    a versioned developer API.
  humanURL: https://www.ice.gov/statistics
  tags:
  - Enforcement
  - Removals
  - Statistics
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ice.gov/statistics
  - type: Reports
    url: https://www.ice.gov/spotlight/statistics
- aid: ice:ice-foia
  name: ICE FOIA Library
  description: ICE's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) program provides a public reading room and electronic FOIA library
    with frequently requested records, policy directives, and data releases. Records are released as documents and bulk data
    files rather than through a programmatic API.
  humanURL: https://www.ice.gov/foia
  tags:
  - FOIA
  - Public Records
  - Transparency
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ice.gov/foia
  - type: Library
    url: https://www.ice.gov/foia/library
  - type: Submit Request
    url: https://www.ice.gov/foia/submit-request
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ice.gov/
- type: News
  url: https://www.ice.gov/news/all
- type: Statistics
  url: https://www.ice.gov/statistics
- type: FOIA
  url: https://www.ice.gov/foia
- type: Detainee Locator
  url: https://locator.ice.gov/
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.ice.gov/contact
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ice.gov/about/privacy
- type: Open Data
  url: https://www.dhs.gov/data
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com