Overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants aren't under federal supervision: analysis
Non-detained docket has exploded to over 7.4 million cases
Adam Shaw By Adam Shaw Fox News
Published July 3, 2024 4:00am EDT
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A relatively small number of illegal immigrants is enrolled in any form of federal supervision, according to a new analysis from a conservative group being shared widely by House Republicans, who are calling for policy changes.
The study, produced by the National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE), used as a basis a study that found there are 16.8 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. Estimates on how many illegal immigrants are in the country vary considerably, and the 16.8 million figure comes from the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
From there, the analysis cites numbers, confirmed by Fox News, that the number on the non-detained docket — those not under supervision or detention — is more than 7 million. The remainder include gotaways and visa overstays and others.
However, there are only around 41,500 in ICE detention beds, and over 180,000 are being supervised under ICE’s Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program, according to data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/over-98-illegal-immigrants-not-under-federal-supervision-analysis
