The Guardian wanted to know who, exactly, would be pulled into the mass-deportation dragnet of Trump’s second term
Donald Trump entered his second term promising “mass deportations”. He also promised he’d target the “worst of the worst”. The Guardian wanted to know who, exactly, would be pulled into this deportation dragnet.
That question led us to “Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien” forms, also known as I-213 forms. Immigration agents fill out these forms each time they make an arrest, alleging that the person is in the country without authorization. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) then uses these forms in court to prove that a person is in the country illegally.
The Guardian filed a series of records requests seeking I-213 forms from the Trump administration. When the government didn’t respond, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a non profit organization providing legal services to journalists, filed a lawsuit on the Guardian’s behalf. Months later, through this litigation, the Guardian received a series of spreadsheets with data extracted from I-213 forms covering fiscal year 2023 through August 2025.
The Guardian is releasing all of the documents that we have received through our lawsuit so far. The spreadsheets contain biographical details about each person, including criminal history and the number and nationalities of their children under the age of 18. This data has been minimally processed to remove potentially identifiable information.
