Congressional Oversight of ICE

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D‑Texas, joined by Rep. Dan Goldman, D‑N.Y., has introduced the TRACK ICE Act, a bill that would force Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to publicly disclose details of their detention and deportation flights within 72 hours. The proposal comes amid a sharp increase in Trump‑era deportation flights—up an estimated 44% between 2024 and 2025, according to Human Rights First—and growing Democratic efforts to rein in ICE after the fatal Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. The bill would require DHS to publish each ICE Air or CBP‑commissioned flight’s aircraft identification code, departure and arrival times, mission designation, and anonymized demographics of detainees, including age group, nationality, sex and family status. Crockett calls current operations "ghost flights" that tear families apart without oversight, while critics warn that granular disclosure could endanger agents and targets or compromise operations. DHS has not yet commented, but the measure signals a push by progressive Democrats to drag a largely opaque air‑deportation system into public view as Trump’s mass‑removal machinery ramps up.