Facilities in Mississippi and Texas are holding the most detainees among the tens of thousands who’ve been rounded up across the nation during the ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration, according to newly released federal data.
Overall, ICE was holding 41,169 in detention at the various locations. Nearly 55% of those have no criminal record, and many more have committed only minor offenses such as traffic violations, TRAC found.
Texas makes sense though. You’ve got a land border with a foreign nation, a huge economy, and a huge population. Mississippi has none of those things.