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🧊 A Record 73,000 People are Now in ICE Cages—and the Fastest Growth Isn’t “Criminals”

Nearly 67,000 are single adults, 6,000 are families—and the non-criminal group has exploded.

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Shaun King
Jan 18, 2026
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ICE detention in the United States just hit a new record high: about 73,000 human beings locked in cages and cells in immigration custody.

That number alone should stop the country in its tracks—because it’s not an accident, and it’s not “normal.”

It’s a choice. A policy. A moral collapse in real time.

If you want reporting that stays free for the world—fo…

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