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Criminal justice and immigration

The relationship between criminal justice and immigration, including the impact of criminal convictions on immigration status.

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Jan 26, 2026
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Can you become an ice agent with a criminal record

and ’s own recruitment materials make clear that applicants undergo rigorous background checks, drug testing, medical exams and polygraphs, and that criminal history is specifically reviewed during ve...

Feb 2, 2026

How does ICE define “criminal” in its arrest statistics, and how do pending charges factor in?

’s public reporting and agency messaging treat “criminal” in multiple, overlapping ways: sometimes meaning people with , sometimes including people with pending criminal charges, and sometimes groupin...

Jan 21, 2026

what nationalitys are most affected by ICE

Government and independent datasets show that ICE enforcement disproportionately affects non‑citizens from Mexico and Central American countries — particularly the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Hondur...

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