Urge ICE to rescind its policy of removing people with final removal orders from the Online Detainee Locator System and restore location information for all such individuals who remain in ICE custody.

“The consequences of this change extend beyond public transparency. Immigration attorneys have reported losing track of clients after they disappeared from ODLS, while family members are uncertain whether their loved ones were transferred to another facility or removed from the United States completely. We urge ICE to rescind this policy immediately and restore ODLS location information for all individuals with final orders of removal who remain in ICE custody. ICE should ensure that detainees remain locatable to their families and legal representatives instead of trying to hide these individuals’ whereabouts.”

Velázquez joined colleagues in urging ICE to immediately rescind its detainee locator policy change and restore ODLS location information for people with final removal orders who remain in ICE custody.

Congresswomen Luz Rivas, Veronica Escobar Lead 45 Colleagues in Demanding ICE Restore Transparency in Detainee Locator System | Representative Luz Rivas
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led 45 of their colleagues in a letter urging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director David Venturella to restore detainee details

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official congressional release documents the September 30, 2026 oversight letter asking ICE to restore ODLS detainee details. This is concrete effort during the lookback window.

delivered same_term A for effort

Representatives Escobar, Rivas Lead 45 of Their Colleagues in Demanding ICE to Restore Detainee Details Back to ODLS | Congresswoman Veronica Escobar
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Nydia M. Velázquez Member of Congress

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official PDF letter lists Nydia M. Velázquez as a signing Member of Congress, tying her directly to the request to ICE.

delivered same_term A for effort

lmr_letter_final_odls_ice_9.30.26.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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We request a response to the following information by October 14, 2026

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The letter set an ICE response deadline after the as-of date, so any agency rescission or restoration response was still unresolved as of October 5, 2026.

unresolved same_term A for effort

lmr_letter_final_odls_ice_9.30.26.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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ICE removed those detainees from its online detainee locator system on Sept. 15

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): AP reported the underlying ODLS policy change occurred inside the lookback window; no official ICE source found announcing an equivalent public explanation.

unresolved same_term

ICE hides location of thousands of detainees with removal orders | AP News
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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ICE did not announce and has not explained

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Reporting after the September 30 congressional letter still described ICE's change as unexplained and active, supporting unresolved status for rescission/restoration as of the refresh date.

unresolved same_term

Human rights groups ask UN panel to help end ICE’s effort to hide locations of detainees
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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for the purpose of identifying whether a detainee is in ICE custody and the custodial location

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Federal Register public-inspection notice describes ODLS disclosure as including custody and custodial-location information, confirming the transparency baseline implicated by the 2026 ICE change.

unresolved unknown

2024-14768.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%