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March 15, 2022 |
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Over 100 House members call on Biden administration to halt its ICE detention expansion By Gabe Ortiz |
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ICE detention isn’t just cruel and massively expensive (more Democrats need to be fighting to slash ICE’s massive $8 billion annual budget), it’s also simply unnecessary. “12,336 out of 17,984—or 68.6%—held in ICE detention have no criminal record, according to data current as of February 27, 2022,” Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse said. “Many more have only minor offenses, including traffic violations.” |
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