{"id":45397,"date":"2025-12-03T11:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45397"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:14:13","slug":"48-of-people-arrested-by-ice-in-northern-california-have-no-criminal-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/48-of-people-arrested-by-ice-in-northern-california-have-no-criminal-record\/","title":{"rendered":"48% of people arrested by ICE in Northern California have no criminal record\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time all year, arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions surpassed arrests of those with one<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-kelly3-edit-scaled-1.jpg 2x\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-kelly3-edit-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Person with long dark hair smiles outdoors, wearing a light-colored shirt.\"> by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/kellyw\/\">Kelly Waldron<\/a><\/strong> December 2, 2025 (MissionLocal.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/89evY-in-september-ice-arrested-more-people-without-a-criminal-conviction-than-with-one--780x504.png\" alt=\"Line graph showing trends from January to September 2025 for three groups: no criminal record, criminal conviction, and criminal charges, with all lines rising and 'no criminal record' peaking sharply in September.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chart shows a growing number of ICE arrests in Northern California, both for those with and without a criminal background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time this year, almost half of the people being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Northern California have no criminal record, recent data shows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That data also reveals that ICE arrests across Northern California have more than tripled this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<em>Mission Local<\/em>&nbsp;analysis of data released from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deportationdata.org\/\">Deportation Data Project<\/a>, a group of researchers based at the University of California, Berkeley, shows that 48 percent of the people arrested by ICE across Northern California in September had no criminal background, while 39 percent had a criminal conviction. The remaining 14 percent had pending criminal charges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mission-local-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mission Local logo, with blue and orange lines on the shape of the Mission District\" class=\"wp-image-639216\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our&nbsp;<strong>free daily newsletter<\/strong>&nbsp;below.Sign up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is a large spike from earlier months, when immigrants with either a criminal conviction or charges made up the majority of arrests in Northern California. September was the most recent full month for which data was available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, President Donald Trump pledged to deport the \u201cworst of the worst,\u201d but the latest numbers confirm that the administration\u2019s crackdown continues to target an increasing share of people who have committed no crimes. Most recently, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/nov\/28\/trump-says-he-will-permanently-pause-migration-from-third-world-countries-after-national-guard-shooting\">president called for a permanent pause on all immigration<\/a>&nbsp;from \u201cthird-world countries.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the country, about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tracreports.org\/immigration\/quickfacts\/\">74 percent<\/a>&nbsp;of the people in ICE detention centers have no criminal history, according to the Transaction Records Access Clearinghouse from Syracuse University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/1890-bryant-studios-holiday-market-2025-tickets-1817058814829?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.broadstreetads.com\/assets\/81b76ec7-e225-4bab-b08d-4b07670325cd.png\" alt=\"11\/28-12\/7 Ads - 1\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-datawrapper wp-block-embed-datawrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"In September, ICE arrested more people without a criminal conviction than with one\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/89evY\/2\/#?secret=sPLD9Eljzj\" data-secret=\"sPLD9Eljzj\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"502\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In October,&nbsp;<em>Mission Local<\/em>&nbsp;documented a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/12\/sf-ice-immigration-arrests-aclu\/\">decline in the number of arrests<\/a>&nbsp;taking place at San Francisco\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/sf-ice-arrests-decline\/\">immigration courthouse<\/a>, where immigrants with pending asylum cases are required to show up for routine hearings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But overall, the total number of ICE arrests in Northern California, has more than tripled between Jan. 20 and Oct. 15, 2025, compared to the same period last year.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/california\/article\/ice-deported-california-21075519.php\">Analysis<\/a>&nbsp;by the&nbsp;<em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>&nbsp;published in September also found that deportations in California were up 78 percent compared to 2024.&nbsp;https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/ytdtE\/1\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those numbers are likely an undercount. For the \u201cSan Francisco Area of Responsibility,\u201d which covers Northern California, Hawaii, Guam and Saipan, about 11 percent of the data published by ICE for 2025 did not specify the state where the arrest occurred and thus was excluded from the data we analyzed for arrests in Northern California.&nbsp;The data does not include arrests made by other agencies, such as U.S. Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valenciacyclery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.broadstreetads.com\/assets\/9d07c6db-0fba-4076-8647-cad623bd8409.png\" alt=\"Valencia Cyclery 62325\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-02-at-3.05.51-PM-930x602.png\" alt=\"Map of the U.S. showing FY 2023 ICE ERO field offices by state, with stars marking areas of responsibility and red dots for sub-field or other ICE office locations.\" class=\"wp-image-799775\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data published by ICE is broken down by the \u201careas of responsibility\u201d shown in this map. Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/doclib\/about\/offices\/ero\/pdf\/eroFieldOffices.pdf\">ice.gov<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest data shows that a growing number of people are being detained at the short-term detention facility at 630 Sansome St. In September, 246 new detention stays were recorded at the \u201cSan Francisco Hold Room,\u201d up 67 percent compared to the previous month.&nbsp;https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/ywORE\/1\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, immigrants are only held there for a few hours before being moved to a longer-term facility, although&nbsp;<em>Mission Local&nbsp;<\/em>previously found that at least 38 people were detained there longer than the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/08\/ice-long-detention\/\">recommended 12 hours<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ML-Fundraising-2025-3-930x620.png\" alt=\"Three people do acrobatics and hula hoop in a park with city buildings and palm trees in the background. 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I studied Geography at McGill University and worked at a remote sensing company in Montreal, analyzing methane data, before turning to journalism and earning a master&#8217;s degree from Columbia Journalism School.<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/kellyw\/\">More by Kelly Waldron<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time all year, arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions surpassed arrests of those with one by\u00a0Kelly Waldron December 2, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) For the first time this year, almost half of the people being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Northern California have no criminal record, recent&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/48-of-people-arrested-by-ice-in-northern-california-have-no-criminal-record\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45397"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45398,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45397\/revisions\/45398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}