Shock: ICE detentions drop as illegal crossings surge

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The Biden administration has cut detentions of illegal immigrants despite the historic surge across the border, and it is relying more on ankle bracelets to monitor migrants despite reports they don’t work.

Syracuse University’s Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse, which charts federal immigration statistics, said that just 20,623 illegal immigrants are being detained, down from 22,000, raising questions from critics about where thousands of other border-crossers are.

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