Who is in federal immigration detention?
Individuals that the federal government believes have entered the U.S. without permission from the government to enter, as well as people who have lawful immigration status, but who may have committed a crime or conducted an activity which makes them deportable. Examples of people in federal immigration detention include: * People who present themselves at the U.S. border or arriving at U.S. points of entry (like airports) seeking asylum; * People who are apprehended by federal immigration enforcement agencies in raids or investigations (even if they were not the individual/s sought in the raid or investigation); * People who have been convicted of a crime in the criminal justice system; * People who have not been convicted of any crime, but who were detained long enough in the criminal justice system to be identified as an immigrant, i.e. people who were arrested for very minor offenses for which charges were never brought, such as: o Jaywalking o Driving without a license o Riding a
