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"The Illinois Department of Corrections recognizes the mental-health and social benefits of Magic
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Indeed!

And, while it's important to continue to understand who's in immigration detention, I often worry that continuing to point out the percentages of those with no past or pending convictions galvanizes a conflation of the immigration and criminal legal systems.

ICE Is Deporting Thousands With Minor Offenses — From Traffic Violations to Weed Possession Many people with little or no criminal record have been swept into the administration’s immigration dragnet since January, an analysis of deportation data shows.

Also worth remembering what it means for those who fall into the category of having prior convictions. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/15/i...

That dynamic is particularly stark at the Dilley, TX facility, where virtually no one detained there has a criminal record.

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Line chart with three lines, each representing the number of people arrested by ICE in immigration detention by criminal status. All lines rise upward looking from left to right, showing an increase since January 2025, but the "Other Immigration Violator" line, shown in orange, has the largest value at the right of the chart (26,044) and shows the sharpest rise. This is the category ICE assigns to people with no known criminal convictions or pending charges.

"Since the summer, nearly all of the growth in ICE detention has come from people without criminal convictions or charges—an area of tremendous sustained growth that contradicts the Trump administration’s narrative that they are focused on the worst of the worst."

ICE's Delayed Detention Data is Out, Two Record Highs: 70,000 People Detained, 40,000 on Ankle Monitors ICE detention has crossed 70,000 for the first time ever, with ankle monitor use topping 40,000. The data was delayed, but it's finally public.

Here's @austinkocher.com on this latest ICE data release: austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-delay...

By the numbers: the latest ICE and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US The Guardian reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inauguration

This story hasn't yet been updated with the data that was just released, but I think it's a good way to see how the detention statistics reported from this particular ICE release have changed over time. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Case of measles confirmed in Arizona ICE facility | CNN The US Department of Homeland Security says a person in detention at an Arizona Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility has measles, a highly contagious virus that can cause high fevers and a dis...

... and those currently detained are facing new risks to their health and safety, like outbreaks of infectious disease. www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/h...

I want to note that it's fraught to report these numbers like sports stats, thinking in terms of some record, but it's also important to note that during the second Trump administration there have been unprecedented numbers of people in detention ...

After a few weeks delay, ICE just released new detention statistics. They show 70,766 people in detention as of 1/26/2026. I believe this is the first time this data source has reported a detained population over 70k.

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.

But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

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I went out to the protest site to see if I saw signs of the use of IMSI catchers by using Rayhunter, an open source tool. The software on my device did not catch any catchers. github.com/EFForg/rayhu...

Federal Agents Pepper Spray Protesters During Tucson Taco Shop Raid See video from the scene as ICE officers attempted to disperse a crowd in the street outside the taqueria.

… or using tear gas and pepper spray against protesters. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/05/t...

Volunteer records ICE agents smashing car window during Tucson arrest - AZ Luminaria Footage recorded by a Tucson Rapid Response Network volunteer captures ICE agents breaking a man’s car window on the south side

… and federal agents using tactics seen in other cities, like smashing windows … azluminaria.org/2026/01/21/v...

‘Experiencing the American Nightmare’: A witness account of an ICE traffic stop A Friday morning traffic stop in Tucson, Arizona, led to ICE detaining three people from Venezuela. Journalist Susan Barnett shares an eyewitness account of the encounter

While the scale of federal immigration enforcement has looked different in Tucson than in places like Chicago and Minneapolis, community members have been concerned by immigration arrests near a school … www.calonews.com/arizona/expe...

One example of a local business that closed as part of the nationwide shutdown: a local bike shop who papered their windows with flyers for a ride commemorating Alex Pretti, an avid cyclist who federal agents shot as he filmed them.

There is a visible presence of Tucson Police, but so far it’s been largely hands off - closing off streets - compared with the department’s response to protests responding to specific federal enforcement actions.

While many local businesses have closed today or opened without exchanging money, it was interesting to see how ones that remained open engaged in the march. Healthcare workers at a clinic along the march route stepped out to watch the protest and a restaurant set out water for protesters.

This march is considerably larger than earlier Tucson protests of federal immigration policies and people’s signs and chants show a confluence of social movements that have been vocal over the last few years such as Red for Ed, Pro-Palestine, No Kings, whose protests have been more separate.

TUSD closes 21 schools Friday as staff absent, protesting ICE - AZ Luminaria At least 20 Tucson Unified School District schools, including Tucson, Sahuaro, Pueblo, Palo Verde and University High Schools, will cancel classes Friday due to thousands of employee absences protesti...

In Tucson, many schools closed due to teachers calling off and students planning to participate in protests. azluminaria.org/2026/01/29/t...

The march is part of a nationwide day of action with workers taking to the streets instead of work and businesses closing for the day.

A massive, blocks-long march protesting immigration enforcement and broader anti-immigrant policies heads away from its start at the Federal Building in Tucson, Arizona.

The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement: “We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”

The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.

BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.

This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
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ICE Raids Kept On During the Shutdown, But the Detention Data Stayed Hidden More than seven weeks have passed since the last comprehensive release of detention and deportation numbers.

@jillcastellano.bsky.social and I wrote about how this data also went missing during the shutdown: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/15/d...

ICE Withholds Congressionally Mandated Detention Data In the midst of heated budget negotiations over immigration enforcement, ICE flaunts Congress's prior mandate to publish timely detention data.

ICE hasn't updated its detention statistics in weeks. Here's a post on the missing data, from @austinkocher.com who tracks the data closely. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-withho...

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Rep. Hernandez statement on arrests: www.instagram.com/p/DT3gFUCkvw...

Susan Barnett on Instagram: "ICE detuvo a dos hombres y una mujer venezolana a las 11 de la mañana hoy en la 22 y 10. Todos tenían un estatus migratorio legal. Yo estuve manejando a misa cuando miré a... 29 likes, 1 comments - susanitalareportera on January 23, 2026: "ICE detuvo a dos hombres y una mujer venezolana a las 11 de la mañana hoy en la 22 y 10. Todos tenían un estatus migratorio legal. Yo e...

Another video if the same incident by a journalist showing ICE detaining a man. www.instagram.com/reel/DT3ilLr...