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The percentage of people in ICE detention with no criminal conviction in 2025

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Jan 22, 2026
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what percentage of illegal immigrants being detained by ICE have a criminal background outside of the fact that they came into the country illegally?

As of late 2025 and early 2026, the best available public data show that roughly custody had no criminal conviction on their records, meaning about 25–30% did have criminal convictions; several indepe...

Jan 25, 2026
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What share of individuals detained by ICE have only immigration-related offenses versus criminal convictions?

About two-thirds to three-quarters of people in custody in recent reporting periods had no criminal conviction and were being held for civil immigration violations; precise estimates vary by dataset a...

Jan 13, 2026
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What percentage of migrants did not have a criminal record that ICE detained in 2025

Multiple independent analyses of 2025 ICE data show that roughly seven out of ten people held in ICE custody had no criminal conviction; Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) reports 73.6%...

Jan 24, 2026

How do ICE and DHS define and report “criminal” versus “immigration” offenses in detention data?

and separate detainees in their public detention tables into three basic ity categories—those with , those with pending criminal charges, and those with no known criminal convictions or charges—while ...

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