The U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, announced Thursday their latest enforcement and removal operations at the southern border and ways to make their numbers more accessible.
During a press conference, ICE officials said going forward their statistics on arrests, deportations and detentions will be much more transparent and easier for the media and others to access than in years past.
“We’ve undertaken quite a process that requires us to find ways to make years of accumulated data more accessible, usable, and valuable so we can enhance how we share data with the public,” ICE Director Patrick Lechleitner told reporters. “We’re doing this as part of a larger effort to ensure transparency with all of our stakeholders.”
Lechleitner says one way they’re doing this is through ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Statistics dashboard.
It includes metrics on arrests, detention and alternatives to detention or an ETD as well as removals dating back to fiscal year 2021.
“Anyone can access this dashboard and it’s easy to use. For example, if you want to see how many removals were conducted in the first quarter of this fiscal year, you could go to ice.gov/statistics and use the interactive dashboard to learn that ICE removed
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