Detainees Leaving ICE Detention from the
Best Western Dragon Gate Inn
Los Angeles, California

Detainees Deported or Released
Number last 12 months 10
Out of total detained 34
Facility ranking on detainees top 99 %

Table 1: Number leaving ICE detention
from this facility

During the most recent 12 month period for which data are available, a total of 10 detainees housed at the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn left that facility because they were deported, were released under supervision while their cases were being decided, or left ICE detention for one of a variety of other reasons.

Those individuals who departed from this facility because they were leaving ICE detention made up 29 percent of the 34 detainees housed at this facility during the last 12 months. This report focuses on the reasons these individuals left ICE detention. Sometimes this report speaks of these individuals as those "exiting" ICE detention, or simply as "exits." The others remained in ICE detention but were transferred from the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn to other facilities.

This report covers those who left ICE custody. It excludes individuals transferred to other ICE facilities. For more information on this facility, including individuals that were transferred, see additional TRAC reports in this series.

This report series is based upon analyses conducted by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University of 1.7 million government records tracking each individual who passed through an ICE detention facility during fiscal year 2015. This most recent 12 month period for which comprehensive data are available covers October 2014 through September 2015. See About the Data.

How This Facility Ranks Nationally

Rankings on the number leaving ICE detention. The Best Western Dragon Gate Inn was one of 637 facilities nationwide that housed ICE detainees during the most recent 12 month period. Of these 637, there were 358 that had at least 10 individuals who were deported or released. Excluding those facilities with fewer than 10 exits, the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn last year ranked in the top 99 percent nationwide in the number of individuals leaving ICE detention. This means that this facility was at the very bottom of those facilities that were ranked since it only had 10 exits.

Deportations. Nationally, the most common reason that a detainee left ICE detention was that they were deported from the United States. During the most recent 12 month period for which comprehensive data are available, nationwide 56.3 percent of those leaving ICE detention were deported or "voluntarily" departed. By way of comparison, a lower percentage of detainees (0 percent) left the country from the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn because they were formally deported, or left under the so-called "voluntary departure" procedure.

Were Detained Individuals from the Local Area?

Information on the place of arrest was not included in the available data ICE released. However, we can examine whether the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn was the first ICE facility in which these detainees were held. According to ICE records, for the majority (70 percent) of these detainees, the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn was the first place they were sent when they were detained by ICE. The remaining 30 percent had been transferred in from another ICE detention facility.

We can also look at how quickly they arrived at this facility after they were first detained. A total of 100 percent arrived at the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn at some point during the very first day they were detained by ICE. There was considerable variability among detainees in the number of detention facilities they had been held in before they were finally deported or released from this facility. The number of facilities ranged as high as 3 separate locations for some detainees. These figures again are based on an analysis of the most recent 12 months for which data are available.

For the United States as a whole, last year the average number of ICE facilities detainees moved through was 1.8. Detainees at the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn on average had stayed at somewhat fewer (1.4) ICE facilities.

Reason Left ICE Facility Profile U.S Profile
Number Percent Percent
U.S. Marshal or Other Agency 10 100.0 % 4.5 %
Alternative ATD custody 0 . 0.1 %
Bonded out 0 . 11.0 %
Deported/Removed 0 . 55.3 %
Died 0 . 0.0 %
Escaped 0 . 0.0 %
Orders of Recognizance or Supervision 0 . 19.8 %
Release to ORR 0 . 0.1 %
Paroled 0 . 5.2 %
Prosecutorial Discretion 0 . 1.0 %
Proceedings Terminated 0 . 1.3 %
Voluntary departure 0 . 0.9 %
Withdrawal 0 . 0.2 %
Total 10 100.0 % 100.0 %

Table 3: Reasons individuals left ICE detention during the last 12 months

Transferred to criminal custody. The most common reason a person left ICE detention from this facility was that they were transferred to criminal custody. A total of 10 individuals (100 percent) left this facility last year because they were turned over to U.S. Marshals or to some other government agency. This typically occurs because there is an outstanding criminal case against the individual, or the individual is needed as a material witness in a criminal case.

Escape and death. Nationally, there were 65 individuals who escaped ICE detention during the latest 12 month period for which data are available, and 6 individuals were recorded as having died in detention. No one was recorded by the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn as either escaping or dying last year.

As shown in Table 3, no one was recorded as leaving the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn during the past 12 months for the following reasons: Alternative ATD custody, Bonded Out, Removed, Order of recognizance, Release to ORR, Paroled, Prosecutorial Discretion, Proceedings Terminated, Voluntary Return and Withdrawal. See "Reasons for Leaving ICE Detention" for a description of these categories.

Comparing Release Reasons Against The National Picture

In many respects release reasons for the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn departed from the national picture. No one left because they were deported from this facility, while for the U.S. as a whole 55 percent left for this reason. No one left as a voluntary departure from this facility, while this was true for 1 percent of all individuals nationally.

In addition, differences were seen for those released to the U.S. Marshal or other agency (100 versus 5 percent), individuals released on bond (none versus 11 percent), detainees released on orders of recognizance or supervision (none versus 20 percent), and for those paroled (none versus 5 percent).

The facility's percentages fell within 3 percentage points of the national figures for all other categories.

Pie chart of nat

Figure 3: Nationality of those
leaving ICE detention

Nationalities

Which nationalities predominate? Last year in the United States, individuals from Mexico comprised the largest number of those leaving ICE detention. Some 43.4 percent of all detainees recorded Mexico as their country of origin. The Best Western Dragon Gate Inn had a much smaller proportion of detainees from Mexico - 30 percent among their exits. Detainees from Mexico were also the largest single nationality group among those leaving detention from the facility.

In descending order, the top nationalities that made up those leaving ICE detention from the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn last year were: Bangladesh (30%) , Mexico (30%), Czech Republic (20%), Iran (10%) and Sweden (10%).

This compared to the United States as a whole where the other top five nationalities after Mexico were Guatemala (19%), El Salvador (15%), Honduras (12%) and Ecuador (1%).

Nationalities Ranked in Top 10 Left ICE Detention
Total Deported/
Voluntary
Departure
Percent
- ALL 10 0 0.0 %
1 Bangladesh 3 0 0.0 %
Mexico 3 0 0.0 %
3 Czech Republic 2 0 0.0 %
4 Iran 1 0 0.0 %
Sweden 1 0 0.0 %

Table 4: Numbers leaving ICE detention by nationality
during the last 12 months

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