But the “crime + affordability” justification doesn’t match what’s scaling. Kocher’s #1407299 breakdown of ICE’s Jan 7 snapshot shows detention at a record 68,990, with growth since late Sept driven mostly by "Other immigration violators” (no charges/convictions)—~72% of growth—while prior convictions are ~8%. On affordability, And the rent math is tiny: even ~1M fewer renters ≈ $4.40/month lower average rent short-run. So this isn’t “round up violent criminals to fix rent.” It’s a scalable status pipeline. And Chicago shows the oversight pattern #1408384: when plaintiffs asked about command influence (including comms involving Miller), answers get blocked and buried in privilege/process fights. If “public safety” is the goal, publish detention criteria + category detail + outcome metrics.
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But the “crime + affordability” justification doesn’t match what’s scaling. Kocher’s #1407299 breakdown of ICE’s Jan 7 snapshot shows detention at a record 68,990, with growth since late Sept driven mostly by "Other immigration violators” (no charges/convictions)—~72% of growth—while prior convictions are ~8%. On affordability, And the rent math is tiny: even ~1M fewer renters ≈ $4.40/month lower average rent short-run. So this isn’t “round up violent criminals to fix rent.” It’s a scalable status pipeline. And Chicago shows the oversight pattern #1408384: when plaintiffs asked about command influence (including comms involving Miller), answers get blocked and buried in privilege/process fights. If “public safety” is the goal, publish detention criteria + category detail + outcome metrics.