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Initially, US officials insisted that the operations were "targeted" at criminals and potential public safety threats.
But a significant number of undocumented migrants detained by the Trump administration have otherwise clean records, according to one data tracker.
The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse - a project from Syracuse University that compiles immigration figures - estimates that of the 51,302 people in ICE detention facilities as of 1 June, about 44% had no criminal record aside from entering the US without permission.
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