Day 378
February 1, 2026
5 documented events
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
Lemkin Institute publishes formal monitoring update
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, the world's leading genocide-prevention organization, published a formal update on U.S. mass deportation operations, signaling the international community considers these operations to have crossed a threshold warranting genocide-prevention scrutiny.
From: Phase II Mass Deportation: Expansion to Workplace Raids and 92,000-Bed Warehouse Detention System
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
Detention population reaches 68,000
ICE detention capacity hit 68,000 detainees, with the administration pushing for 92,600 beds by fall 2026.
From: Phase II Mass Deportation: Expansion to Workplace Raids and 92,000-Bed Warehouse Detention System
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
Slate investigation draws concentration camp comparison
Slate published an investigation comparing the warehouse detention system to historical concentration camps, noting structural parallels to a specific period in German history.
From: Phase II Mass Deportation: Expansion to Workplace Raids and 92,000-Bed Warehouse Detention System
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
Two-thirds of Somali cases rescheduled
Analysis reveals that 66.25% of all Somali noncitizens with open immigration court cases have been scheduled for hearings with new judges on short notice. Cases previously unscheduled in Minneapolis suddenly have court dates.
From: Immigration Rocket Dockets: Mass Fast-Tracked Hearings and In Absentia Removal Orders
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
$170 billion enforcement funding approved
Under a July spending package approved by Congress, ICE and Border Patrol are set to receive an extra $170 billion through 2029, with an increased focus on workplace raids.