ICE arrests of noncriminal immigrants increased 66 percent this year

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are increasingly cracking down on noncriminal immigrants. ICE arrests of people without criminal records has increased 66 percent this year, The Associated Press reported Thursday. Meanwhile, arrests of convicts rose less than 2 percent. "Unshackling ICE has really allowed it to go after more individuals," Sarah Pierce, an analyst for the nonpartisan think tank Migration Policy Institute, told AP. She called the dramatic increase in noncriminal immigran...