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ICE Detention Policy 2025

The shift in ICE's detention policy in 2025, with a focus on non-criminal immigrants and the growth of detention counts.

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Jan 14, 2026
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How does ICE define and classify detainees with criminal convictions versus civil immigration violations?

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) distinguishes detainees primarily by legal status and criminal history: it records people as having criminal convictions, pending criminal charges, or no conv...

Jan 27, 2026
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Have any legal migrants detained by ICE returned to their homes?

Yes — some people with legal immigration status who were detained by have returned to their homes in the , but those cases are increasingly the exception rather than the rule under current enforcement...

Feb 6, 2026

How does ICE classify 'criminal' in its detention statistics and how has that changed in 2025?

counts “criminality” in its published detention tables using discrete categories—convicted criminal, charged/pending criminal case, and non‑criminal (which can include repeat re‑entries, fugitives, or...

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