In the first two weeks of February, immigration and customs enforcement held more than 1,800 migrants with criminal convictions or with pending criminal charges against them.
This represents 59 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants who are in kingfare from the beginning of February until the middle of the month, according to data obtained by NBC News.
In the meantime, the other 41 percent of the 4,422 illegal immigrants brought into the custody of ice this month are not criminals.
The figures represent an increase of 18 percent of the number of migrants in detention with criminal registers.
In February the total criminal prisoners went from around 14,000 to around 16,500.
President Donald Trump's position is that all migrants in the US are without documentation criminals because they have arrived illegally or have stayed illegally in the country.
During his 2024 campaign, he promised to remove criminals from the country, and labeled migrants as the 'worst of the worst' murderers and rapists who bully American communities.
Of the migrants who were taken in ice detention in the first two weeks of February, 41% have no criminal record or pending criminal prosecution against them. Shown: Ice agents in San Francisco arrest a Guatemalekse Burger illegal in the US
President Donald Trump's position is that all aliens without papers in the US are inherent criminals because they have violated the laws of the nation to enter or stay in the country without legal status
White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt said last month that all illegal immigrants who are being held and deported are criminals because they naturally violate the law to come in or stay in the US
The number of migrants in ice detention was at the beginning of February at 39,238 and two weeks later, that figure increased to 41,169 total prisoners.
The national detention capacity of the Ministry of Interior Security is 41,500 – although it is unclear how many of the migrants have already been deported or released through alternatives for detention programs.
The government of Trump opened and expanded the prison of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to be able to accommodate no fewer than 30,000 migrants when they wait for deportation and repatriation flights.
Until now, 112 prisoners have been transferred to the prison most famous for detention of terrorists and more operations have soon been planned to bring illegal immigrants to the American military base in Cuba.
President Trump is frustrated about the slow pace of deportation.
A factor for delaying detention and deportations is the limited space in ice facilities, which are on your way to achieve capacity in just a few weeks if the raids in their current rate continue.
Civil servants struggle to clean up existing prisoners to make room for new arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Name has participated in ICE, HSI and DEA raids to complete illegal immigrants and to place them in detention facilities pending deportation
But deportation activities do not take place quickly enough to open the space in the fast -filling ice detention facilities
Only 13 percent of those currently in custody and detention are on schedule for an 'accelerated removal' that can take place without a hearing.
The remaining 87 percent pending deportation procedures, which can last for months or even years to resolve.
Immigration courts have a caseload of 3.6 million with a potentially years of delay.
According to the most recent data, there are currently at least 16,000 people in custody pending the court with notifications to appear personally once they have received a date.
In addition to the use of Guantanamo Bay, the administration now also brings detainees at new locations in Texas and Kentucky to illuminate other ice detention room.
Public documents also reveal that there are plans to expand the detention capacity with at least 900 more beds within the Denver Field Office, including facilities in Colorado and Wyoming.
