Fox exclusive: Migrants freed under ICE program exploded to over 7.4M
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The U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency's non-detained docket has exploded to 7.4 million cases in fiscal year 2024, with 1 million cases added since October.
The non-detained docket, which the agency's website explains is part of its Alternatives to Detention program, provided case-management support to released migrants that ICE says has helped "support noncitizens compliance with release conditions" and "increased court appearance rates."
However, the surge of migrants on the docket has exacerbated staffing issues at the agency, which only has about 6,000 deportation officers across the country, not all of whom work on the non-detained docket. As a result, each ICE officer working the docket is responsible for managing an average of 7,000 cases.