Gwinnett County’s jail has transferred more than twice as many people into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since President Donald Trump took office, according to a report released Tuesday by the Migration Policy Institute.
The report looked at how immigration enforcement has changed under Trump’s administration, looking at 15 counties and cities in seven states, including Georgia.
The report found that the number of people transferred into ICE custody from county jails increased by 248 percent in Gwinnett County from Jan. 20, 2017, through May 4, 2017, than the period the year before – one of the largest increases in counties the researchers looked at.
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