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At NJ.com, Ted Sherman runs the numbers and concludes that they do not support ICE’s public statements for its crackdown on immigrants, whether they be illegal or legal. An excerpt:

At the same time, a deeper examination of the records tells a far different story than the public narrative offered by ICE, which has claimed it targets “the worst of the worst.” Despite the rhetoric regarding how ICE focuses its efforts on what it calls “criminal aliens,” the data shows more than three in four people detained in the state since January 2025 had no criminal record. Among them was a 27-year-old man from the Dominican Republic who was arrested by ICE despite being granted legal permanent residence, raising questions about due process safeguards.

Comparisons with previous years actually show the increasing numbers of apprehensions were due to more arrests of those who had not been convicted of any crime, the analysis showed.

Read the whole thing. Methinks it supports the claims of those who believer this is not primarily–or, for that matter, in any way–about criminal behavior, but is all about skin color and ethnicity.

(Slightly edited for clarity.)

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April 18, 2026 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: "That Conversation about Race", Culture Warriors, Politics of Hate, Republican Lies |

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