Ice Online Immigration Detainee Locator System
Locating Someone Who Has Been Arrested and Detained
If a person is arrested by ICE, the enforcement arm of the U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Service (USCIS) he or she may be detained in the New York/New Jersey area or transferred by ICE to an out-of-state facility. If they are in any other state, you can contact the local ICE facility by clicking here.
ICE generally has information about the detainee's location within several hours following arrest or transfer.
ICE has recently designed an Online Detainee Location System, which you can begin your search below.
Additionally, you may contact the ICE Field Offices of Detention and Removal Operations: New York Field Office, (212) 264-5085, New Jersey Field Office, (973) 645-3666, Upstate New York Field Office (Buffalo), (716) 551-4741 ext. 2500.
New York & New Jersey Area ICE Detention Facilities
If there is no record of the individual in the Field Offices, it means that they do not have record of the detainee. Usually this means that the detainee has not yet been entered into their computer system. You are permitted to call specific ICE Detention Facilities to find out if the person is being held in that particular facility. Below is a list of detention facilities in the greater New York/New Jersey area. If you are unable to locate an individual at these detention facilities or with its' online system, keep calling the Field Office numbers above until the detainee appears in the computer system. You may also call ICE national headquarters at (202) 305-2734.
Varick Street Field Office
201 Varick Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 863-3401
Elizabeth Detention Facility
625 Evans Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
(937) 622-7157
Hudson County Jail
35 Hackensack Avenue
Kearney, NJ 07032
(937) 491-5566
York County Prison
3400 Concord Road
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7580