Number of Immigrants in ICE Detention Now Over 27,000, Highest In Over a Year
Immigration and Customs Enforcement released new data which shows that the number of people in immigrant detention is above 27,000 on July 8, 2021. This is the highest since March 2020.
The growth in people in detention is being driven not by ICE’s interior enforcement activity (which remains at record lows), but by border enforcement which is done by Customs and Border Protection. You can see this in the figure below.
Here are a few other highlights from today’s new data:
21,667 out of 27,217 — or 79.6% — held in ICE detention have no criminal record, according to data released on July 8, 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 July 8, 2021.
ICE arrested 3,428 and CBP arrested 23,103 of the 26,531 people booked into detention by ICE during June 2021.
South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, Texas held the largest number of ICE detainees so far in FY 2021, averaging 754 per day (as of July 2021).
ICE Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programs are currently monitoring 106,080 families and single individuals, according to data released on July 8, 2021.
San Francisco’s area office has the highest number in ICE’s Alternatives to Detention (ATD) monitoring programs, according to data released on July 8, 2021.
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