Media Super Concerned That So Many Illegals With “No” Criminal Record Are Being Detained

This is the big talking point

From the “article”

The number of immigration detainees without criminal records who are held in federal detention centers after getting arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased by over 2,000% since the start of the second Trump administration in January, according to official government data.

The statistics, published online by ICE as part of a transparency requirement mandated by Congress, illustrate the wide-ranging scope of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

On Nov. 16, the government figures show, ICE was holding 65,135 people in detention facilities throughout the U.S., the highest level ever publicly reported by the agency, which was created in 2003 following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. CBS News first reported the record detention levels earlier this month, citing internal data.

The official figures indicate that 30,986 – or 48% — of the ICE detainees in custody as of Nov. 16 lacked any criminal charges or convictions in the U.S. and were being held solely because of civil violations of U.S. immigration law. ICE calls them “immigration violators.”

I fail to see the problem. Federal law is federal law. They are here in violation of that law, so, they can either self deport or risk getting picked up, detained, and deported. Dems and the media had zero issue with Los Federales tracking down every single American present at J6, most of whom did nothing, or nothing worse than wandering through the halls of Congress. Perhaps there wouldn’t be so many if Biden hadn’t allowed so many in.

Those with criminal convictions represented about 26%, or 17,171, of all ICE detainees on Nov. 16. The data show 16,978 individuals — another 26% of ICE’s detainee population — had criminal charges.

ICE and DHS knew who a goodly chunk of the people were, because they’ve been in the system for, in some cases, a long time. All those let in by Biden were all tagged. It’s easy to find them. And the law states that people in the U.S. illegally are given a small fine, possible jail time, and then deported.

ICE’s detention population includes individuals arrested by that agency, typically in communities or jails inside of the U.S., as well as detainees transferred by Customs and Border Protection. Most detainees initially arrested by CBP, most commonly along the U.S.-Mexico border, historically have lacked criminal histories in the U.S. because many have not lived in the country for significant periods or at all.

I wonder how many have criminal charges/convictions in other countries?

At the same time, some senior Trump administration officials, including border czar Tom Homan and acting ICE director Todd Lyons, have said anyone encountered by immigration authorities and found to be in the U.S. illegally will be arrested, even if they’re not the intended target of an operation. Those so-called “collateral arrests” had been largely banned under Biden-era rules the Trump administration scrapped.

That’s because federal law makes no distinction. Illegally present is illegally present.