Data updated this week on the immigration detention system provided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) show that:

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement held 21,519 in ICE detention according to data released on May 28, 2021.

• 16,166 out of 21,519—or 75.1%—held in ICE detention have no criminal record, according to data released on May 28, 2021. Many more have only minor offenses, including traffic violations.

• ICE relied on detention facilities in Texas to house the most people during FY 2021, according to data released on May 28, 2021.

• ICE arrested 2,847 and CBP arrested 14,788 of the 17,635 people booked into detention by ICE during April 2021.

• Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia held the largest number of ICE detainees so far in FY 2021, averaging 721 per day (as of May 2021).

• ICE Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programs are currently monitoring 89,115 families and single individuals, according to data released on May 28, 2021.

• San Francisco's area office has the highest number in ICE's Alternatives to Detention (ATD) monitoring programs, according to data released on May 28, 2021.

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