NEW: @bloomberg.com analysis of +13 years of ICE detentions shows immigrants transferred to the South and SW from interior US at unprecedented rates. Reducing the odds of winning their cases. w/ @elenamejia.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social @pollymosendz.bsky.social bloom.bg/43am95w - ThreadSky

leonyin.org • 8 days ago

NEW: @bloomberg.com analysis of +13 years of ICE detentions shows immigrants transferred to the South and SW from interior US at unprecedented rates. Reducing the odds of winning their cases. w/ @elenamejia.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social
@pollymosendz.bsky.social
https://bloom.bg/43am95w

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tangandhara.bsky.social•8 days ago

Very informative story here.

From a purely superficial perspective, I like the colour scheme on the maps and charts. But the illustrations at the top just say so much.

leonyin.org•7 days ago

Thank you for reading, I'll share that feedback with the team!

leonyin.org•8 days ago

Getting transferred to the South and SW reduce detained immigrants' chances at staying in the country. 70% of people detained in Louisiana and New Mexico end up deported, which is double that of the Northeast and the Nat'l Avg, which is about 50%.
https://bloom.bg/43am95w

leonyin.org•8 days ago

In prior years few immigrants detained by ICE in the Northeast were sent to the South & SW. Virtually nobody sent to New Mexico, and less than 1% of ppl sent to Texas or Arizona. In Trump's first month, 12% of ppl detained in the NE were sent to Texas, 4% to NM and 3% to AZ.
https://bloom.bg/43am95w

leonyin.org•8 days ago

When immigrants are transferred across state lines they often need to get new legal counsel. ICE detention facilities in the South and SW are remote, with immigration lawyers few and far between. The avg distance to the closest immigration lawyer in Louisiana is over 100 miles.
https://bloom.bg/43am95w

leonyin.org•8 days ago

This trend is partially due to historic lows in border arrests (freeing up space in the largest ICE facilities), and an increase in interior arrests. However, interior arrests aren't at a historic high, and the NE's largest detention center in had over 400 beds open. https://bloom.bg/43am95w

leonyin.org•8 days ago

Our analysis uses records from the Data Deportation Project. They FOIA'd ICE for arrest and detention records of over 3.5 immigrants spanning Obama's second term to the first four weeks of Trump's second term. This data is available for anyone to use:
https://deportationdata.org/data.html

40n70w.bsky.social•8 days ago

“interior US”? Just say “north.” You’ve already mentioned “south.” 160 years after the end of the Civil War, we’re still different worlds.

leonyin.org•7 days ago

I see your point! I was just using the domain term to contrast from arrests at or along the Southern border. But yeah the North, (also Midwest) and elsewhere in the country, too. Thanks for tuning it!

40n70w.bsky.social•7 days ago

Thanks, Leon!

dianaparker.bsky.social•8 days ago

I wonder how these paths would match up with the paths cops took when they were tasked with kidnapping Black people who escaped slavery.

leonyin.org•7 days ago

Sounds like a cool project! Thanks for reading

groundice.bsky.social•7 days ago

Leon - as a federal agency ICE’s priority should be the betterment of our communities. It’s accomplishing the opposite. We can push back by limiting its ability to transport detainees by plane. Visit https://GroundICE.org to find out how we are doing this.

tweed-tremolux.bsky.social•8 days ago

The heart of Zombie Slaver Culture.

billcapehart.bsky.social•8 days ago

Isn’t there a law over not being allowed to transport people more than 500 from their residence or is there some kind of donut hole for ICE detainees.

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