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Record Number in Immigrant Detention

August 12, 2025 Buck Banks

60,000

“The number of people in immigration detention reached a new high of more than 60,000 on Monday, breaking a modern record set during the first Trump administration,” the New York Times reports.

Hades in the Everglades

August 12, 2025 Buck Banks

Operating in a legal gray area that deserves its own Catch-22,
Alligator Alcatraz has found some loopholes to latch onto.
Florida built it, but can’t enforce immigration;
Feds run it, but shirk environmental regulation.
Meanwhile, prisoners live in cages sans the legal process they’re due.

ICE Has Detained Woefully Few of the ‘Worst of the Worst’

August 7, 2025 Buck Banks

6%

Immigration data obtained by NBC News in June revealed ICE officials have detained just 6 percent of the 13,000 immigrants to the U.S. known to have committed murder, and at most 11 percent of the 16,000 migrants convicted of sexual assault.

Cato Institute: 65% of ICE Detainees Have No Criminal Records

June 23, 2025 Buck Banks

93%

Cato Institute: As of June 14, ICE had booked into detention 204,297 individuals (since October 1, 2024, the start of fiscal year 2025). Of those book-ins, 65 percent, or 133,687 individuals, had no criminal convictions. Moreover, more than 93 percent of ICE book-ins were never convicted of any violent offenses. About nine in ten had no convictions for violent or property offenses. Most convictions (53 percent) fell into three main categories: immigration, traffic, or nonviolent vice crimes.

ICE Sets New One-Day Record for Immigrant Arrests

June 6, 2025 Buck Banks

2,200

Immigration and Customs Enforcement made the most immigrant arrests in a single day in its history Tuesday, detaining more than 2,200 people, according to an ICE spokesperson, as the agency responds to pressure from the White House to rapidly increase arrests, NBC News reports. Hundreds of those arrested were enrolled in ICE’s Alternative to Detention (ATD) program, three sources familiar with the arrests said. Under the program, ICE releases undocumented immigrants who are deemed not to be threats to public safety and then tracks them through ankle monitors, smartphone apps or geolocating programs, along with periodic check-ins at ICE facilities.

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Record Number in Immigrant Detention

60,000

“The number of people in immigration detention reached a new high of more than 60,000 on Monday, breaking a modern record set during the first Trump administration,” the New York Times reports.

Hades in the Everglades

ICE Has Detained Woefully Few of the ‘Worst of the Worst’

6%

Immigration data obtained by NBC News in June revealed ICE officials have detained just 6 percent of the 13,000 immigrants to the U.S. known to have committed murder, and at most 11 percent of the 16,000 migrants convicted of sexual assault.

Cato Institute: 65% of ICE Detainees Have No Criminal Records

93%

ICE Sets New One-Day Record for Immigrant Arrests

2,200

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If we don’t stop them or if we didn’t stop them or if we didn’t start, you would have had a nuclear war and they would have taken out many countries because you know what? They’re sick people. They’re angry, they’re sick.”

— President Trump, speaking to reporters about his decision to attack Iran.

“We understand some will reflexively oppose this, people don’t love the idea of war. But people like winners. They are drawn to it. If we do this quickly, I think it will be seen as what it is: successful.”

— A Trump adviser, quoted by NBC News, dismissing the anger of the president’s America First base over attacking Iran.

— David Frum

Numerati

still 44% to 53%

Morning Consult: “Trump approval (44% to 53%) and his foreign policy approval (43% to 52%) are unchanged from pre-strike baselines. The strikes have not moved his numbers immediately.” The country is split: “41% of registered voters say strikes necessary vs. 42% who prefer diplomacy.”

42,695

A federal judge has found that the Internal Revenue Service violated federal law “approximately 42,695 times” when it shared confidential taxpayer addresses with immigration enforcement officials last summer, the Washington Post reports.

61%

A new Reuters-Ipsos poll finds 61% of Americans agreed that President Trump has “become erratic with age.” Just 45% say Trump is “mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges.”

14 points

Democrats hold a 14-point advantage when it comes to voter enthusiasm heading into the midterm elections, according to a new WaPo-ABC News-Ipsos poll. It’s the largest advantage Democrats have had ahead of the midterms since 2006.

27.8 million

Donald Trump’s longest-ever State of the Union address drew 27.8 million viewers across seven broadcast and cable outlets, preliminary Nielsen data showed, a 12% audience drop from Trump’s speech last year, the Hollywood Reporter reports.