[carefulfungi]

A majority of recent detentions are of people without a criminal record.

> According to DHS data, about 29% of those detained by ICE in January had criminal convictions, down from about 54% last February https://www.factcheck.org/2026/01/as-ice-arrests-increased-a...

[kreetx]

Note that this percentage doesn't include any pending charges.

[boroboro4]

You can find stats including pending charges: https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3m... the main uptick in recent arrests is mostly people without any criminal charges including pending.

You can see that a lot of charges aren’t that “criminal” too - it’s traffic violations or immigration itself.

[QuadmasterXLII]

Why should it?