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ICE Doubles Workforce After $75B Funding Boost

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  • ICE accelerated rapid detentions within 90 seconds after a $75 bn funding boost.
  • DHS now employs over 22,000 ICE officers and staff, doubling its workforce this year.
  • ICE signed more than 2,500 287(g) agreements with local law-enforcement agencies as of 15 September.
  • On 29 August, ICE and state police detained 120 undocumented immigrants at a Memphis bar.
  • In June, judges issued 53,808 removal orders in absentia, a 55% increase from May.