New data confirms Cato scholar David Bier’s report that DHS publicly dismissed as “made up”: 71% of ICE arrests in early October had no criminal convictions, and 45% had no convictions or even pending charges.
The data—directly from ICE—shows arrests of non-criminals have surged 585% year-over-year while ICE ignores nearly 500,000 removable immigrants with actual convictions.
You can read Bier’s full analysis here. His previous data can be found here.
If you’d like to speak with Bier, please reach out to Madison: mmiller@cato.org.
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