Nearly half of those held by ICE faced no criminal charges

WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD Trump launched his reelection campaign, he vowed to deport "the worst of the worst" while blaming migrants for bringing "crime, drugs, misery and death" to the U.S. And since he took office for his second term, a wave of public and sometimes violent arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have taken place across the country.

- CONNOR GREENE

The Trump Administration has insisted that its hard-line immigration agenda is focused on rooting out dangerous criminals to carry out mass deportations as a means of protecting law-abiding Americans. But recent federal data show that more than 70% of detainees held by ICE had no criminal convictions.