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Kristi Noem said most immigrants in ICE detention are violent criminals. The data says otherwise.

Poynter · Maria Ramirez Uribe · last updated

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the majority of immigrants in federal immigration detention have a criminal history.

She made the statement during a lengthy and somewhat confusing back-and-forth with CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan Jan. 18 on “Face the Nation“: