Michigan and Ohio See 117% Jump in Arrests of Immigrants With No Criminal Records

March 20, 2018, 8:11 AM

The Trump administration impact is felt in Michigan and Ohio, sites of a surge in arrests and deportations of immigrants without criminal records.

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Niraj Warikoo of the Detroit Free Press finds:

  • From fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2017, there was a 117% increase in Michigan and Ohio in the number of deportations of undocumented immigrants with no criminal records, increasing from 725 to 1,570.  There was also a 23% increase in deportations of immigrants with criminal records and a 56% increase in deportations overall of immigrants, with 3,203 deported in fiscal year 2017, which was from Oct. 1, 2016, through Sept. 30, 2017.
  • There was a 126% increase in ICE arrests of immigrants with no criminal records, jumping from 487 in fiscal year 2016 to 1,101 in fiscal year 2017. There was a 32% spike in ICE arrests of immigrants with criminal records. Overall, there was a 52% increase in arrests by ICE of immigrants in Michigan and Ohio, from 2,241 to 3,409.
  • Arrests by the Detroit office of U.S. Border Patrol also jumped over the past year, increasing 49% from 716 arrests in 2016 to 1,070 in 2017.

The Border Patrol's Detroit office oversees Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, while the Detroit office of ICE oversees the states of Michigan and Ohio.

Border Patrol is the law enforcement arm of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.


Read more:  Detroit Free Press


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