The Transparency Requirements for Aircraft Carriers to Know Immigration Conduct and Enforcement Act, or TRACK ICE Act, aims to enhance public transparency regarding aircraft operations related to immigration enforcement. It achieves this by amending federal law to restrict the eligibility of certain private aircraft from participating in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) privacy programs.

Specifically, private aircraft owners or operators will no longer qualify for withholding information if their operations are conducted by, under contract with, or on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP), are used for detention, deportation, or transport of individuals in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody for immigration enforcement, and receive federal funding. This provision ensures that flights involved in these sensitive operations cannot conceal their registration and ownership details from public scrutiny.

Furthermore, the bill mandates the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish comprehensive flight data within 72 hours after each covered operation. This required flight data includes:

Departure and arrival times and airports, along with ICE Air mission designations.
Aircraft registration and identification numbers.
The number of individuals boarded and deplaned at each location.
Detailed demographic data for each transported detainee, such as nationality, sex, age category, family composition, and the type and quantity of any restraints used during the flight.

This extensive disclosure aims to provide the public with a clearer understanding of immigration enforcement air transport activities.