Find South Texas ICE Releases

South Texas ICE Departures

South Texas ICE Processing Center is an adult immigration detention facility in Pearsall. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the responsible federal agency, ERO San Antonio is the regional channel, and GEO Group operates the site. A 2025 ICE inspection source describes detention stays over 72 hours. That classification concerns facility use, not a rolling release report.

Three outcomes must stay separate. ICE may release a person under an order or conditions, move the person to another detention facility, or carry out removal. All three end the person's stay at South Texas IPC. Only the first is a release from immigration detention into the community. The facility departure, ICE status, destination, and case paperwork must agree before a final conclusion is made.

Search South Texas ICE Records

The ICE Online Detainee Locator, or ODLS, is the first public search. Use the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when possible. Pad leading zeroes so the A-number has nine digits. A biographical search accepts exact first and last name plus country of birth, with date of birth optional. Spelling and country data matter.

Follow a positive-evidence process. The Frio County released-person lookup explains why ICE results cannot substitute for sheriff or TDCJ records.

1. Search by A-number and country of birth, then retry with exact biographical details if needed.
2. Read the displayed custody or recent status without assuming a facility absence means release.
3. Call the ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line when ODLS is blank or unclear.
4. Contact the relevant ERO office and retain the release, transfer, or removal papers.
5. Check the immigration or federal docket when a court order controls the event.

South Texas Locator Limits

ICE guidance says ODLS covers current detainees and some people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. It also concerns certain CBP custody lasting more than 48 hours. People under 18 are excluded, and security or discretionary exclusions may apply. A result can lag behind an operational move. The 60-day statement is a recent-results window, not a retention rule for all ICE records.

For an unresolved search, call the ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line at 1-888-351-4024. Locator resources list service Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. Give the A-number, exact name, date and country of birth, known Pearsall connection, and approximate dates. Ask which ERO office can confirm the status.

ODLS does not replace immigration documents. Keep any order of supervision, notice to appear, release paper, transfer notice, or removal documentation supplied in the case. Those records can explain why a name stopped appearing and what obligations or proceedings remain.

South Texas Facility Contact

The verified facility contact comes from the 2025 inspection source. Call before visiting or sending documents because release-record custody and case questions may route to ICE or ERO rather than the contract operator.

The facility number can help with current routing. It should not be treated as a substitute for ODLS, ERO, DRIL, or case counsel. For existing federal agency records beyond public locator data, use the proper ICE records channel and describe the specific document, person, identifiers, and date range. Privacy and law-enforcement exemptions may limit what is released.

The ICE detention directory is the source for the facility listing shown below.

The directory capture identifies the ICE facility channel; it does not show an individual's release, transfer, or removal.

Frio Jail to South Texas ICE

A person may leave Frio County Jail and enter ICE custody in the same local area. The sheriff booking-out record should identify the release or transfer disposition and receiving agency if recorded. A notation such as “released to ICE” means release from county custody, not release from all custody. Search ODLS and ask ERO to confirm what happened next.

An ICE detainer asks a local agency to notify ICE before release and maintain custody for up to 48 hours beyond the time the person would otherwise leave, allowing ICE to assume custody. It is a request. The detainer alone does not prove the transfer occurred. Pair it with the jail destination, ICE data, and actual transfer record.

Frio County also contains Dilley IPC and the TDCJ Briscoe Unit. A name disappearing from one database may mean the wrong agency is being searched. Identify whether the last custodian was the sheriff, TDCJ, ICE, BOP, or USMS before choosing the next tool.

South Texas Case Documentation

Immigration custody records and court records answer different questions. ODLS helps locate current or certain recent ICE custody. ERO can clarify agency routing. Immigration case papers show the legal step, and a federal docket may supply a controlling judicial order. A dated release document is stronger evidence of release than a locator gap.

If the person was a federal pretrial prisoner, the U.S. Marshals Service may have managed custody even when detention occurred at a local or contract site. USMS has no public person locator like BOP. Use the federal docket for a release order and a properly scoped USMS records request for existing custody material. Do not search the BOP locator and assume release when the person never entered BOP sentenced custody.

A-number

The immigration identifier used for the strongest ODLS search.

ERO

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the office channel for detention and case routing.

Detainer

A request for notice and possible brief continued local custody so ICE may assume custody.

Transfer

Movement to another custodial location, not community release.

Removal

Departure under immigration authority, distinct from release within Frio County.

Verify South Texas Release Status

Build a short record chain: last confirmed custodian, last location, dated event, destination, and present legal status. A sheriff release-to-ICE notation begins the immigration search. An ODLS result at another site shows continued ICE detention. Release papers show the terms of departure. Removal paperwork establishes a different outcome.

Do not infer current practice from general facility facts or an old web result. Operator, mission, and custody details can change. The ICE directory and ERO should be checked at the time of the search. Every conclusion should remain tied to the agency record that created it.

Note: South Texas IPC's over-72-hour facility classification does not create a public 72-hour release list for Pearsall or Frio County.