← Back to context Comment by kreetx 19 hours ago AFAIU, ICE is also deporting mostly criminals, no? 20 comments kreetx Reply carefulfungi 19 hours ago A majority of recent detentions are of people without a criminal record.> According to DHS data, about 29% of those detained by ICE in January had criminal convictions, down from about 54% last February https://www.factcheck.org/2026/01/as-ice-arrests-increased-a... kreetx 19 hours ago Note that this percentage doesn't include any pending charges. boroboro4 18 hours ago You can find stats including pending charges: https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3m... the main uptick in recent arrests is mostly people without any criminal charges including pending.You can see that a lot of charges aren’t that “criminal” too - it’s traffic violations or immigration itself. QuadmasterXLII 19 hours ago Why should it? 11 replies → SetTheorist 18 hours ago No. That is not the case. The majority of deportations are of non-criminals. 15155 12 hours ago Non-convicted persons, not "non-criminals"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325Illegal entry is still a crime. 1718627440 11 hours ago Innocent until proven guilty. Nobody is a criminal until some judge declared them to be. 1 reply → MCwTHrlgheb8Fs 16 hours ago [flagged]
carefulfungi 19 hours ago A majority of recent detentions are of people without a criminal record.> According to DHS data, about 29% of those detained by ICE in January had criminal convictions, down from about 54% last February https://www.factcheck.org/2026/01/as-ice-arrests-increased-a... kreetx 19 hours ago Note that this percentage doesn't include any pending charges. boroboro4 18 hours ago You can find stats including pending charges: https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3m... the main uptick in recent arrests is mostly people without any criminal charges including pending.You can see that a lot of charges aren’t that “criminal” too - it’s traffic violations or immigration itself. QuadmasterXLII 19 hours ago Why should it? 11 replies →
kreetx 19 hours ago Note that this percentage doesn't include any pending charges. boroboro4 18 hours ago You can find stats including pending charges: https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3m... the main uptick in recent arrests is mostly people without any criminal charges including pending.You can see that a lot of charges aren’t that “criminal” too - it’s traffic violations or immigration itself. QuadmasterXLII 19 hours ago Why should it? 11 replies →
boroboro4 18 hours ago You can find stats including pending charges: https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3m... the main uptick in recent arrests is mostly people without any criminal charges including pending.You can see that a lot of charges aren’t that “criminal” too - it’s traffic violations or immigration itself.
SetTheorist 18 hours ago No. That is not the case. The majority of deportations are of non-criminals. 15155 12 hours ago Non-convicted persons, not "non-criminals"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325Illegal entry is still a crime. 1718627440 11 hours ago Innocent until proven guilty. Nobody is a criminal until some judge declared them to be. 1 reply → MCwTHrlgheb8Fs 16 hours ago [flagged]
15155 12 hours ago Non-convicted persons, not "non-criminals"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325Illegal entry is still a crime. 1718627440 11 hours ago Innocent until proven guilty. Nobody is a criminal until some judge declared them to be. 1 reply →
1718627440 11 hours ago Innocent until proven guilty. Nobody is a criminal until some judge declared them to be. 1 reply →
A majority of recent detentions are of people without a criminal record.
> According to DHS data, about 29% of those detained by ICE in January had criminal convictions, down from about 54% last February https://www.factcheck.org/2026/01/as-ice-arrests-increased-a...
Note that this percentage doesn't include any pending charges.
You can find stats including pending charges: https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3m... the main uptick in recent arrests is mostly people without any criminal charges including pending.
You can see that a lot of charges aren’t that “criminal” too - it’s traffic violations or immigration itself.
Why should it?
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No. That is not the case. The majority of deportations are of non-criminals.
Non-convicted persons, not "non-criminals"
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325
Illegal entry is still a crime.
Innocent until proven guilty. Nobody is a criminal until some judge declared them to be.
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