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(NewsNation) — Federal migration authorities announced the apprehension of 5 individuals with transgression convictions Wednesday, adjacent arsenic new information shows the bulk of radical successful migration detention person nary transgression records.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it arrested individuals convicted of rape, intersexual maltreatment of children and cause trafficking offenses successful respective states. The arrests included:
- Darwin Gonzalez-Mendoza, convicted of rape successful Carmel, New York
- Cuauhtemoc Cardenas-Rodriguez, convicted of rape successful Queens, New York
- Juan Jose Moreno-Renteria, convicted of indecency with a kid successful Webb County, Texas
- Edilberto Rincon, convicted of intersexual maltreatment successful Cook County, Illinois
- Varinder Singh, convicted of conspiracy to administer cocaine successful Boston
However, new information from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse astatine Syracuse University suggests a displacement successful ICE's enforcement priorities.
For the archetypal time, the existent fig of individuals with transgression convictions presently detained by ICE has dropped adjacent arsenic full migration detainees increased, according to TRAC information released Sept. 26.
71 % of ICE detainees person nary transgression conviction, investigation finds
During a two-week play ending Sept. 25, the fig of individuals detained grew by 996. But the fig of detainees with immoderate transgression condemnation dropped by 170, portion the fig without immoderate transgression complaint oregon condemnation grew by 1,016.
As of Sept. 21, ICE held 59,762 radical successful detention. Of those, 42,755 oregon 71.5% had nary transgression conviction, according to TRAC data. The enactment noted that galore of those with convictions had committed lone insignificant offenses, including postulation violations.
During a NewsNation municipality hallway Wednesday, Border Czar Tom Homan said astir 70% of those arrested by ICE are nationalist information oregon nationalist information threats, portion the remaining 30% are collateral arrests. “Our occupation is the removal of these pack members,” Homan said.
The information shows ICE is progressively detaining individuals without transgression records, contempt the Trump administration's claims that enforcement focuses connected the "worst of the worst" offenders.
During the two-week play successful September, ICE averaged 1,276 regular arrests, astir matching levels from June but higher than July and August figures. Daily removals averaged 1,271.
ICE detained the astir radical successful Texas facilities during fiscal twelvemonth 2025. The Adams County Detention Center successful Natchez, Mississippi, held the largest fig of ICE detainees, averaging 2,171 per time arsenic of September.
The agency's Alternatives to Detention programs presently show 181,210 families and individuals, with San Francisco's country bureau having the highest fig enrolled successful monitoring programs.
