At least 500 babies and toddlers have spent time in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since President Donald Trump returned to office last year, according to a new analysis by The Marshall Project and Mississippi Today based on federal detention records.
The report found that children aged 3 and under were held in ICE custody at an average daily rate of 25 between January 2025 and March 2026 — roughly 10 times higher than during the final year of the Biden administration, when fewer than three young children were detained on an average day.
