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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made 35 percent more arrests nationwide in roughly the first three months under President Donald Trump compared to the same period last year, though arrests were down 23 percent over 2014, according to government data.
Nationwide, ICE made 41,898 arrests from Jan. 20 to April 29 compared to 31,128 in that period last year, according to ICE data. In addition, 26 percent of this year’s arrests in that period were of people who had not been convicted of a crime, up from 14 percent last year.
“The priorities have changed (since Obama) ... there are significant differences,” Virginia Kice, ICE’s western regional spokeswoman, said Tuesday.
While the agency’s focus is still on those who pose a threat to public safety, today “anyone who is in this country in violation of immigration law is subject to possible arrest,” she said.