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Jan 26, 2026
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How many illegal immigrants have killed in the US from 2015 on?

The question as posed is ambiguous — it could mean “ have been committed by people who are undocumented” or “how many undocumented people have themselves been killed” — and there is no single, reliabl...

Jan 26, 2026
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How many illegals came in the U.S. during the Biden administration

Estimates vary depending on the measure: "encounters" at the border number in the millions (for example, roughly from Feb. 2021–Sept. 2024) while government processing produced roughly 2.5 million rel...

Jan 13, 2026
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how many ICE captures are criminals, and what kind

Recent reporting shows two sharply divergent narratives about who ICE is arresting: federal officials and DHS communications assert that a large majority of arrests target people with criminal convict...

Jan 24, 2026

HOw many immigrants came into the country during the biden administration?

The question has no single numeric answer because "" can mean different things: CBP/Border Patrol , people released into to await proceedings, formal admissions, /expulsions, or the net change in the ...

Jan 26, 2026

Were 67 people killed by Ice under the Obama administration?

The short answer: available reporting in the provided sources does not support the claim that ; independent advocacy groups and journalistic counts most commonly put the number of during the Obama yea...

Jan 22, 2026

Of the immigrants who have been deported under trumps administration, how many of them were violent criminals with a record

Publicly available reporting and leaked datasets point to a clear conclusion: only a small share of people deported under ’s second-term enforcement surge had violent criminal convictions, and indepen...

Oct 6, 2025

Where are a majority of ICE agents right now

Available reporting in the provided dataset does not identify a single location where a *majority* of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are currently situated; instead, the materia...

Dec 14, 2025

What percentage of ICE agents have prior criminal convictions compared to other federal law enforcement agencies?

ICE booking and detention data show a large majority of people in ICE custody during late 2025 had no prior criminal conviction—multiple analyses put the share without convictions at roughly 70–74% (f...

Feb 1, 2026

Are women’s bank accounts being closed

There is evidence that banks close or restrict accounts for a variety of reasons and that certain groups—religious, ethnic, political, and those in so-called "risky" industries—have reported higher ra...

Jan 26, 2026

were USA boarders completely open during the biden administration?

’ borders were not “” under the Biden administration: and repeatedly issued restrictions, proclamations, and new enforcement measures while also rolling back some policies and expanding lawful pathway...

Jan 24, 2026

Percentage of ice detainees who have no criminal history

As of late 2025 and early 2026 independent analyses of point-in-time detention counts show that a substantial majority of people in ICE custody had no criminal conviction on record—most sources put th...

Jan 26, 2026

How many people died in ICE custody during the Trump administration, and how do rates compare to Obama-era figures?

saw at least in 2025, a toll that matched the agency’s deadliest year on record and made 2025 the highest‑mortality year in two decades . By contrast, recorded 56 deaths in ICE custody across 2009–201...

Dec 3, 2025

how many illegal immigrants voted in the 2024 election

Available reporting and public-data reviews show no evidence that large numbers of unauthorized immigrants voted in the 2024 U.S. general election; documented or prosecuted cases are counted in the do...

Jan 22, 2026

how many criminal and dangerous immigrants has ICE arrested?

The answer depends on which metric is used: DHS and tout that roughly are of people with criminal charges or convictions (their “criminal illegal aliens” framing) while independent data-tracking and r...

Jan 18, 2026

What data break down ICE arrests in Florida in 2025–2026 by conviction status and alleged offense?

ICE and Florida state releases for 2025–early 2026 present two overlapping but not identical pictures: large, publicized sweeps that ICE and the Florida governor characterize as focused on "criminal i...

Jan 11, 2026

Percentage of ICE detainees charged with violent crimes

Recent public analyses and ICE snapshots place the share of people in ICE custody who have convictions for violent crimes at roughly 5–7 percent, with several trackers finding “less than 5%” by late 2...

Dec 16, 2025

People killed by Job Biden aggression military or otherwise.

Available reporting documents multiple incidents in which U.S. service members were killed during President Joe Biden’s time in office, including 13 U.S. service members killed in the 2021 Afghanistan...

Oct 23, 2025

What percent of illegal immigrants in the US are violent criminals or related to drug trafficking?

The available materials do not supply a defensible single percentage of unauthorized immigrants in the United States who are violent criminals or involved in drug trafficking; government enforcement t...

Jan 17, 2026

ICE KISSIMMEE 2026

Reports in January 2026 show heightened ICE activity in Central Florida that has alarmed Kissimmee residents and local officials, including a public tour of a massive Orlando-area warehouse being eval...

Oct 15, 2025

How many wrongful arrests by ICE have been reported under Trump?

The available reporting presents divergent tallies but converges on a sharp increase in ICE arrests of people with under the Trump administration; one count cites such detainees and another calculates...