ICE Places Families On GPS Ankle Monitors, Curfews Across 45 Cities — FOIA Shows Parole Decisions, Hidden FERM Data

ICE’s Family Expedited Removal Management (FERM) program placed certain asylum-seeking families on expedited removal and imposed GPS ankle monitors and home curfews for heads of household across 45 cities. FOIA litigation by the American Immigration Council and AILA produced internal documents — including a concept report showing some participants were paroled and a processing memo that contradicts agency claims of not holding program data — raising transparency, due-process, and data-handling concerns.