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Explainer: How Immigrants End Up on ICE’s Non-Detained Docket

October 02, 2024 (1 min read)

Sandra Sanchez, Border Report, Oct. 1, 2024

"Recent reports that over 435,000 convicted criminals are on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s non-detained docket (NDD) — meaning they are not detained by the agency while they await immigration proceedings — has spurred much criticism and confusion. ... Border Report spoke with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, as well as DHS officials to try to clear up misconceptions about the NDD, and to explain which individuals get put on the list and how, and where they might be currently ... “The data goes back decades; it includes individuals who entered the country over the past 40 years or more, the vast majority of whose custody determination was made long before this administration. It also includes many who are under the jurisdiction or currently incarcerated by federal, state or local law enforcement partners,” a DHS spokesperson told Border Report."