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'This Is the Scandal': DHS Data Show ICE Mostly Targeting People With No Criminal Convictions (www.commondreams.org)

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David J. Bier, the institute’s director of immigration studies, previously reported in June that 65% of people taken by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had no convictions, and 93% had no violent convictions.

Monday evening, Bier shared a new nonpublic dataset leaked to Cato. Of the 44,882 people booked into ICE custody from when the fiscal year began on October 1 through November 15, 73% had no criminal convictions. For that share, around two-thirds also had no pending charges.

The data also show that most of those recently booked into ICE detention with criminal convictions had faced immigration, traffic, or vice charges. Just 5% had a violent conviction, and 3% had a property conviction.

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It was already hard to get in. Who actually thinks criminals were just flowing in? Fucken idiots. You gotta pass tests Americans themselves can't even pass. All this is proving is maybe they should have immigrated illegally at this point because at least ICE wouldnt be able to find them.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That's for legal immigrants, which are also being arrested yes. I was hoping the article would break down how many are legal vs illegal but didn't see it.

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 16 points 4 days ago

They’re just shooting at the brown side of a barn.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago

They are only going after the people they know won't shoot or fight back.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Not at all surprising if the claims of quotas of something like 3000 arrests a day are accurate. They’re obviously going after the low hanging fruit given the pressure to fill that daily quota.