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Nov 23, 2025
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What percentage of ICE arrests are women compared to men historically?

Available reporting and government releases document ICE arrest and detention totals but provide only limited direct breakdowns by sex; the official ICE statistics pages and recent reporting focus on ...

Jan 26, 2026
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How have ICE arrest and removal numbers changed year‑by‑year since 2003 and what counting rules affect those totals?

From available government and independent analyses, interior removals fell substantially over the past decade while have fluctuated with policy shifts: removals from the interior averaged roughly 155,...

Dec 14, 2025
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Did Southern Democrats become Republicans because of civil rights laws in the 1960s?

Most historians and political scientists say civil rights laws of the 1960s were a major catalyst — not the only cause — for the long-term shift of many white Southern voters and some politicians away...

Jan 22, 2026

Average length of ICE detention in 2025

The best available reporting places the average length of detention in 2025 in the mid‑40s of days—roughly —while important subgroups and specific facilities experience much shorter or much longer sta...

Dec 19, 2025

How many ICE detainees were recorded as homeless in federal datasets for 2024–2025?

A direct, verifiable count of how many ICE detainees were recorded as homeless in federal datasets for 2024–2025 cannot be produced from the reporting supplied because the publicly released ICE dashbo...

Nov 30, 2025

How does the U.S. taxpayer cost for SNAP compare with other major social safety-net programs?

SNAP costs roughly $8 billion per month — about $100 billion in FY2024 — and accounts for roughly 70% of USDA nutrition assistance spending, making it the largest federal nutrition program . Multiple ...

Nov 28, 2025

What limitations and caveats do Border Patrol reports note about attributing changes in crossings to the wall (2017–2021)?

Border Patrol and DHS materials acknowledge progress in barrier construction—about 458 miles of barrier panels installed from January 2017 through January 2021 —but also repeatedly warn that attributi...