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Criminal justice system

The system of law enforcement, courts, and corrections in the United States, including the distinction between criminal and administrative arrests.

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Jan 25, 2026
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How does ICE define 'criminal' in its arrest statistics and how do pending charges figure into that count?

’s public tallies of “criminal” arrests mix three different things: (a) people with , (b) people with pending criminal charges, and (c) enforcement arrests for that are administrative (civil) in natur...

Jan 22, 2026

How does ICE define and report 'criminal history' versus 'pending charges' in its public statistics?

’s public statistics categorize detainees by criminal history using mutually exclusive buckets—commonly “criminal convictions,” “pending criminal charges,” and “no criminal history”—and the agency rep...