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Austin American-Statesman
May 12, 2026

Austin is not safer because Luis Fernando Cabrera is in ICE detention
By American-Statesman Editorial Board


Like the more than 70% of people currently in ICE detention — nearly 43,000 nationwide, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse — they do not have criminal records. TRAC also reports that only 2% of people summoned to immigration court in February — just 741 people — faced deportation based on criminal charges.


Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
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