ICE detainee profile challenged by government data

newsJun 6, 20268280

The New York Times obtained government records showing most people held by ICE do not have convictions for violent felonies, contradicting ICE's claim that detainees are the "worst of the worst." At the Newark detention center Delaney Hall, the files show roughly nine of ten detainees had no prior criminal conviction and only a small fraction were convicted of violent crimes. The gap between ICE's public characterization and its own data undercuts the agency's rationale for broad detention and could influence courts and lawmakers weighing immigration enforcement and detention policy.

Mia Farrow

@miafarrow.bsky.social

ICE Says Detainees Are ‘Worst of the Worst.’ Government Data Disagrees. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/n...

20045d ago

Nilda Ebs4

I cannot wrap my mind around the brutality of these detention centers.

baldingmars.bsky.social2

The worst of the worst, are the very members of ICE. They're not patriotic, they're not legitimate law enforcement; they are mercenaries, an illegitimate "president's" personal gestapho. They deserve no respect. They should all be convicted of treason against the United States.

🇨🇦👠👠OhHellNoCanada👠👠2

Yes, because babies, toddlers, and teenagers are certainly the worst of the worst, right? But a rapist pedophile, prick in power isn't ?

DianaResists2

Official data confirms that the majority of people held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention have no criminal convictions. According to tracking and government data, approximately 71% of current ICE detainees have not been convicted of any crime.

Jon Hutson

@jonhutson.bsky.social

Your lying ICE: Gift link to report citing government data to disprove "worst of the worst" claims about hunger striking ICE detainees. 9 out of 10 detainees at the Newark center, Delaney Hall, have no criminal conviction. And everyone deserves a second chance. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/n... 🎁

7045d ago

lynn101.bsky.social2

ICE are illegal & liars. We all know the people being jailed are mostly hard working immigrants in the process of becoming US citizens that they grab before court appearances & strip them of the rights & then dismiss their cases before the courts. That’s called entrapment.

Paul Barrett ❌👑

@paulthedogman.bsky.social

Fascists lie like they breathe. Trump lies like he breathes. ICE lies, lies, lies. The storm troopers are NOT focusing on "the worst of the worst." Simple stats show they are sweeping up black and brown immigrants. Resist, nonviolently. Vote. Oust the bastards. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/n...

545d ago

Health Care Renewal

@healthcarerenew.bsky.social

ICE Says Detainees Are ‘Worst of the Worst’ but "federal government’s own data" shows that criminals are "just a fraction of the detainees at...Delaney Hall" in NJ. Of 591 people held this week, 76, 13% had criminal convictions, 123 , 21% pending criminal charges www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/n...

144d ago

William Snyder

@profsnyder.bsky.social

"Federal officials ...said that ...[ICE] was removing killers, rapists and other criminals - “the worst of the worst,” they said... But the federal government’s own data ... indicates that people with criminal convictions account for just a fraction of the detainees." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/n...

145d ago

OK Slacker

@okslacker.bsky.social

In constructing a compound sentence, you commit an active choice to make the lie the dominant clause, and the truth the subordinate clause. How about “Data reveals most people held in ICE detention not ‘worst of the worst,’ despite administration claims”. Try something like that.

244d ago

Gene Bryant

@genebryant.bsky.social

ICE claims it’s going after the “worst of the worst” immigrant criminals. But the government’s own data indicates that people with criminal convictions account for just a fraction of the detainees at the Newark center, Delaney Hall. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/n...

145d ago

TC Won't Give In To Lies

@tcatinreality.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

In today's #NotSanewashedNews "Data Refutes Government Smear of Immigrant Detainees" FFS, "Gov says X. Facts disagree" is worthy of the NYT Pitchbot. Journalism 101 for the 21st Century - Don't Repeat The Lie In The Headline. #MediaMustDoBetter #NYTimes ICE Says Detainees Are ‘Worst of the […]

44d ago

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nytimes.comICE Says Detainees Are ‘Worst of the Worst.’ Government Data Disagrees.

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ICE detainee profile challenged by government data

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