All articles tagged with #detainee population
ICE custody has risen to about 73,000—a record—as a broad crackdown and a large funding package expand detention capacity, including nontraditional facilities; roughly 47% of detainees have criminal charges or convictions, with non-criminal immigration violators growing fastest, and officials say funding could push capacity toward 100,000 detainees, while critics warn of overcrowding and aggressive enforcement.
The Biden administration has repatriated a prisoner, Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush, to Algeria from Guantanamo Bay, leaving only one prisoner captured in the same raid still at the prison. Bakush had been held without charge for over two decades and was described as reclusive by his lawyers. This marks the sixth transfer of a cleared prisoner in six months as part of the administration's efforts to reduce the detainee population at Guantanamo Bay. Currently, 16 of the 30 men held there are eligible for transfers, but require more complex diplomatic negotiations than the recent repatriations.