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International Business Times
International Business Times
Brian Slupski

Only 2 Percent Of Migrants Facing Deportation In February Had Criminal Records: Report

Despite the Trump administration's assertions that it is targeting the "worst of the worse" in its immigration enforcement efforts, the vast majority of those detained and deported in February did not criminal records, according to a new report.

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) of Syracuse University found that only two percent of immigrants detained in February faced deportation because of criminal activity. That two percent amounted to 741 cases.

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