Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh
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My full name is Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh, and I'm an associate policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.
My full name is Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh, and I'm an associate policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.
My full name is Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh, and I'm an associate policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.
Right now, we don't have the current numbers of deportations from the government, but we do know that the Trump administration is quite frustrated with where deportations are at. We have some inferences that show that the deportations have not kept pace with what the Trump administration had hoped.
Right now, we don't have the current numbers of deportations from the government, but we do know that the Trump administration is quite frustrated with where deportations are at. We have some inferences that show that the deportations have not kept pace with what the Trump administration had hoped.
Right now, we don't have the current numbers of deportations from the government, but we do know that the Trump administration is quite frustrated with where deportations are at. We have some inferences that show that the deportations have not kept pace with what the Trump administration had hoped.
It's a type of infrastructure that can't be built overnight. And so right now, the deportations are just not keeping pace with what the Trump administration had hoped to reach that goal of one million per year.
It's a type of infrastructure that can't be built overnight. And so right now, the deportations are just not keeping pace with what the Trump administration had hoped to reach that goal of one million per year.
It's a type of infrastructure that can't be built overnight. And so right now, the deportations are just not keeping pace with what the Trump administration had hoped to reach that goal of one million per year.
These spreadsheets from ICE offer us really concrete information about ICE detention, and then they also allow us to make some really great inferences into what might be happening with deportations, especially when we don't have that data. And so since Trump took office, we can see that the average number of people in detention has gone up.
These spreadsheets from ICE offer us really concrete information about ICE detention, and then they also allow us to make some really great inferences into what might be happening with deportations, especially when we don't have that data. And so since Trump took office, we can see that the average number of people in detention has gone up.
These spreadsheets from ICE offer us really concrete information about ICE detention, and then they also allow us to make some really great inferences into what might be happening with deportations, especially when we don't have that data. And so since Trump took office, we can see that the average number of people in detention has gone up.
So in December, that last full month of the Biden administration, there are about 39,000 people in detention. And then in February, the first full month of the Trump administration, there were about 42,500. So a small increase, but an increase nonetheless.
So in December, that last full month of the Biden administration, there are about 39,000 people in detention. And then in February, the first full month of the Trump administration, there were about 42,500. So a small increase, but an increase nonetheless.
So in December, that last full month of the Biden administration, there are about 39,000 people in detention. And then in February, the first full month of the Trump administration, there were about 42,500. So a small increase, but an increase nonetheless.
And then we can also see that more of the people who are in ICE detention right now are coming from ICE arrests rather than arrests conducted by Customs and Border Protection, which would typically be those arrested on the border. So Under this administration, we are seeing an increase in arrests. And so the interior arrests that are happening by ICE are higher than under the Biden administration.
And then we can also see that more of the people who are in ICE detention right now are coming from ICE arrests rather than arrests conducted by Customs and Border Protection, which would typically be those arrested on the border. So Under this administration, we are seeing an increase in arrests. And so the interior arrests that are happening by ICE are higher than under the Biden administration.
And then we can also see that more of the people who are in ICE detention right now are coming from ICE arrests rather than arrests conducted by Customs and Border Protection, which would typically be those arrested on the border. So Under this administration, we are seeing an increase in arrests. And so the interior arrests that are happening by ICE are higher than under the Biden administration.
What's much different about this administration versus the Biden administration and when Biden came into office is that the border looked a lot different.
What's much different about this administration versus the Biden administration and when Biden came into office is that the border looked a lot different.