US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Icefor its abbreviation in English) is still held 65,135 peopleAccording to the latest reports issued by TRAC reports. One of the states cooperating with the agency is ArkansasWhere he recorded A Gradual increase In the number of detainees.
Since the inauguration of the Trump administration on January 20 of this year, There has been an increase in ICE arrests in the state. According to a report published by the agency in Data removal project, 1,873 people were arrested in the first seven months of the year.
Of that number, 335 have no criminal record 765 of them have pending criminal charges. Likewise, the 44% Of the people arrested in arkansas were Mexico. Meanwhile, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua They formed the rest of the major nations.
Most of the arrests took place shortly after the governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders He will sign on “Defense Against Unlawful Criminals Act” In March of this year. This legislation covers three regulations:
“President Trump has made border security one of his top priorities, and in just a few months, he has done what President Biden refused to do: Eliminate illegal border crossings.”The governor announced In a press release.
“The Defense Against Unlawful Offenders Act explains the following: Arkansas will not tolerate violent illegal criminals I will do what is consistent with Help the Trump administration He added: “To preserve the safety of our citizens.”
In September of this year, Sanders announced that The Arkansas National Guard will assist Ice With the application of immigration law in Arkansas Under the Title 32 program, the state provided the agency with a total of 40 personnel: 27 Air National Guard pilots and 13 Army National Guard soldiers.
These operations were to be funded by the federal government. The guards will be responsible for providing logistical support to the vehicle Processing arrests, transferring detainees, in addition to other administrative tasks.
And with these programs More than 450 people were arrested By ICE in prison benton county, Arkansas, between January 1 and October 15. This represents more than 1.5 arrests per day in the county, which has a population of about 300,000 people.
“Illegal immigrants, violent immigrants and criminals have no place in Arkansas.” Sanders declared. “I look up to our National Guard Cooperation with the Trump administration To enforce federal immigration law.”
Half of those arrested by ICE are through the county program have been convicted of crimes, While the other half had pending charges.