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According to the nonpartisan, nonprofit Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, as of April 4 the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was holding 60,311 people in detention nationwide. Of those, 70.8% have no criminal convictions, and most who do have records have been convicted of minor offenses such as traffic violations. Texas leads the nation in ICE detainees with 17,908. California has 5,807 in detention. The private, for-profit GEO Group owns and operates the Adelanto ICE Processing Center and lists its capacity as 1,940 and current occupancy at 1,733. Immigrant advocates and lawmakers contend the number is actually in excess of 2,000.
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