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Nearly 60% of ICE arrestees over the past year had criminal charges or convictions, the document indicates.
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
For years, Myles presided over what was then known as bond court, the notoriously chaotic place for first appearances for new arrestees.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
The panel of judges did acknowledge immigration officials were wrong to subject all individual arrestees to mandatory detention.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
For years, Myles presided over what was then known as bond court, the notoriously chaotic place for first appearances for new arrestees.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
The panel of judges did acknowledge immigration officials were wrong to subject all individual arrestees to mandatory detention.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrestee. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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arrestee
noun
ar·res·tee
ə-ˌres-ˈtē 
: a person who is or was under arrest
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