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Immigration Detention Quick Facts
- Organization: TRAC
- Document Type: Report
- Date Created: Thursday, July 01, 2021
- Attachment(s): LINK
Data updated this week on the immigration detention system provided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) show that:
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement held 26,222 in ICE detention according to data released on June 24, 2021.
- 20,723 out of 26,222—or 79.0%—held in ICE detention have no criminal record, according to data released on June 24, 2021. Many more have only minor offenses, including traffic violations.
- ICE relied on detention facilities in Texas to house the most people during FY 2021, according to data released on June 24, 2021.
- ICE arrested 2,836 and CBP arrested 19,796 of the 22,632 people booked into detention by ICE during May 2021.
- South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, Texas held the largest number of ICE detainees so far in FY 2021, averaging 751 per day (as of June 2021).
- ICE Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programs are currently monitoring 103,933 families and single individuals, according to data released on June 24, 2021.
- San Francisco's area office has highest number in ICE's Alternatives to Detention (ATD) monitoring programs, a total of 10,992, according to data released on June 24, 2021.
Topics:
- Detention