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        | fact = that ICE detention capacity recently maxed out at around '''47,600''' people held at once, and the agency is asking Congress for more beds and more money?

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        | fact = that in fiscal year 2024, ICE reported deporting over '''270,000''' people, averaging more than '''700 removals per day'''?

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        | fact = that the federal government has floated adding over '''60,000''' new detention beds, at a cost of roughly '''$3.2 billion''' in extra funding?

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        | fact = that people held in ICE detention in California have repeatedly launched hunger strikes over conditions at Golden State Annex, Desert View Annex, and other privately run centers?

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        | fact = that 287(g) agreements quietly expand in some counties while community pressure forces them to end in others, turning local jails into on-again, off-again ICE hubs?

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        | fact = that a single 287(g) agreement can effectively turn an entire county jail into an ICE intake hub, even if the county never publicly advertises the partnership?

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        | fact = that ICE regularly uses county jails and private prisons hundreds of miles from courts and consulates, making it much harder for people to find lawyers or contact family?

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        | fact = that ICE List tracks incidents, agents, facilities, and agreements in all fifty states and DC so communities can see the whole enforcement picture instead of one raid at a time?

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