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ICE is detaining 50,000 people under Trump, an all-time high
For the first time in our nation's history, the United States government is detaining over 50,000 people it claims to be undocumented immigrants in jails, prisons, and makeshift detention camps across America.
SCOOP: ICE is now holding 50,000 people in immigration detention. Notice thats 4000+ more than the shutdown bill funded (and that ICE was already holding thousands more than the shutdown bill figure when the deal was struck). https://t.co/YMvLM6vgIf
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) March 8, 2019
From reporting by Spencer Ackerman at The Daily Beast:
Read the restAccording to a figure provided to Capitol Hill and made available to The Daily Beast, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has set a new all-time record the latest in its string of broken records of immigrants detained is 50,049 people as of Wednesday, Mar. 6. The figure includes both single adults and whole families behind bars.
Its an increase of approximately 2,000 people in the month-plus since Jan. 30, when ICE, it previously told The Daily Beast, was detaining 48,088 people. And its just another 2,000 people shy of the 52,000-person daily detentions ICE is asking Congress to fund in its next budget.
Asked what accounts for the increase, ICE spokeswoman Danielle Bennett said in a statement: ICE makes custody determinations on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with U.S. law and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy, considering the merits and factors of each case while adhering to current agency priorities, guidelines and legal mandates. Ensuring there are sufficient beds available to meet the current demand for detention space is crucial to the success of ICEs overall mission.
It isnt clear where ICE would have found the money for the increase.
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