ICE detention numbers just hit another record high

Ice Detainees.
(Image credit: Spencer Platt / Staff)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining 10,000 more people than it's allowed to.

Yet again, the law enforcement agency reports it has detained a record number of people with no signs of slowing down. ICE is holding 50,049 people in detention as of Wednesday, up 2,000 people from Jan. 30 and up 6,000 from November, figures supplied to The Daily Beast reveal.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.