Comment by carefulfungi
1 day 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...
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?
These people just haven't been convicted - yet.
Of course, you might say "not guilty until proven otherwise", which is true. But they are in the US illegally anyway.
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