Jun 12, 2025 - News

Mapped: ICE detentions in Colorado

Esteban L. Hernandez

A U.S. map showing the locations and population of immigration detention facilities as of May 27, 2025. Many facilities are clustered around the southern U.S. border, but they are located throughout the country. The largest facility is the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez, Miss., which has an average daily population of over 2,000. — Data: TRAC; Note: Facilities with an average population of 1 or fewer are not shown; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

More than 1,100 people on average are housed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement's detention facility in Aurora, per the latest figures compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).

By the numbers: The Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora has an average daily occupancy of 1,150 detainees — a figure that's up slightly from this spring, though still not hitting its 1,500-plus bed capacity.

People from Mexico, Venezuela, Honduras, Colombia and Guatemala make up the top nationalities of those detained in Aurora, per data compiled last month by the office of U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Aurora).

The big picture: The Aurora facility has among the highest average number of detainees in ICE facilities across the U.S., which are reaching their steepest levels in years under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

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Mapped: ICE detentions in Colorado

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