NewsNBC Miami PoliticsMay 29, 2026Miami-Dade County
White House Launches 'Aliens.gov' Website to Track Immigration Enforcement
The White House has launched a website called Aliens.gov that features a live map of immigration arrests and a portal for reporting undocumented immigrants. The site uses sci-fi imagery to present data on immigration 'encounters' and enforcement actions taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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The website serves as a public-facing tool for the administration's immigration enforcement strategy, which includes a goal to remove 1 million people this fiscal year and expand detention capacity to 100,000 individuals.
Key Facts
- The White House launched Aliens.gov to map immigration arrests and provide a tip line for reporting undocumented immigrants.
- The website displays a ticker showing over 3.1 million 'encounters,' a term defined by DHS to include apprehensions, port-of-entry encounters, and deportations.
- ICE plans to remove 1 million people in the current and next fiscal year, compared to 442,000 last year.
- The administration aims to increase detention capacity to 100,000 people, more than double the previous daily average.
- The government purchased 11 warehouses to expand detention capacity.
- Congress granted the Department of Homeland Security over $170 billion for immigration enforcement last year.
- USCIS announced that foreigners seeking a green card must now leave the U.S. to apply from their home country.
- Green card approvals dropped by half over the past year, with the largest declines in humanitarian and asylum visas.