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June 9, 2026

A second lawsuit is coming for ICE’s Salt Lake City detention center plan
By Macy Lupkin


While crossing the United States border without authorization is a crime, Ward stressed that being in the country without legal status is a civil matter, not a criminal offense. Seventy-one percent of those currently in immigration detention nationwide have no criminal record, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which obtains federal government records through Freedom of Information Act requests.


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