New data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration is shedding light on the scope of recent detentions, revealing that nearly half of the individuals taken into custody during the first two weeks of February have no criminal convictions or pending charges.

The number of detainees in ICE custody without a conviction or pending criminal charges increased by more than 1,800 in the first two weeks of February.

In the first two weeks of February, Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained more than 1,800 migrants with criminal convictions or with pending criminal charges against them.