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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares and Will Craft

Ice arrests of migrants with no criminal history surging under Trump

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Federal agents look at court schedule at the immigration court at the Jacob Javitz federal building in New York. Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/AP

The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency has exponentially increased the arrest and detention of immigrants without any criminal history since the second Trump administration took office, a data analysis by the Guardian shows.

The information sharply contradicts Donald Trump’s claims the authorities are targeting “criminals” for deportation as part of his aggressive anti-immigration agenda.

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