US EditionICE Crackdown Eases After Killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti in Minneapolis; Many Noncriminals Still Arrested
AP data show weekly ICE arrests averaged 7,369 after the Feb. 4 drawdown announcement, down from 8,347 in the prior five weeks.
- Nationwide ICE arrests fell by nearly 12% following the Feb. 4 drawdown of immigration agents in Minnesota, announced after the late January killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by immigration officers.
- Records obtained by The Associated Press show the agency averaged 7,369 weekly arrests in the five weeks after the drawdown, down from 8,347 weekly arrests in the previous five-week period.
- About 46% of individuals arrested before Feb. 4 had no criminal charges or convictions, dropping to 41% in the five weeks following the drawdown announcement.
- While national figures dropped, arrests climbed substantially in Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, and Kentucky, where weekly arrests more than doubled to 86 in early March.
- The Trump administration contends the federal government targets the worst criminals, though The Associated Press notes many individuals taken into custody lacked criminal histories, even as noncriminal arrests increased in several states.
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ICE Arrests Drop Nearly 12% After Minneapolis Killings and Immigration Shake-Up
ICE arrests across the United States dropped nearly 12% after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis and the Trump administration replaced one of the public faces of its immigration crackdown, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal arrest data.
ICE arrests drop nearly 12% after Minneapolis killings and policy shake-up
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests declined sharply after a leadership shakeup and the controversial fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by immigration officers in Minneapolis.
ICE arrests dropped nearly 12% after Minn. killings, immigration shake-up
At the peak of the crackdown, carloads of masked immigration officers were a common sight in the streets of Minneapolis, while thousands of people were being arrested every week in Texas, Florida and California. Read more...
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