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DHS claims 70% of people ICE arrests have criminal records

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ICE arrest data and criminal-history checks show that 70% of individuals arrested by ICE in the cited period had prior criminal records.

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This DHS press release (January 22, 2026) says that under President Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, ICE training and readiness have been expanded through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and additional funding. It highlights a $750 million allocation for FLETC, claims FLETC built capacity to train 11,000 ICE personnel by the end of 2025, outlines standard training lengths for HSI and ERO candidates and specialized SRT requirements, and reports increases in recruitment and enforcement statistics.
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  1. Scheduled follow-up · Jan 23, 2026overdue
  2. Update · Jan 23, 2026, 01:57 AMTech Error
    Unable to complete fact-check: current web access to live official ICE datasets and recent analyses is required but returned conflicting snapshots and some sources (ICE dashboards) present data by different categories and time frames; recommend retrying after data retrieval is confirmed.
  3. Completion due · Jan 23, 2026
  4. Original article · Jan 22, 2026
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