More than a third of the total arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during President Donald Trump 's second administration have involved people with no prior criminal records, NBC News reports.

Nearly 75,000 of the 220,000 individuals arrested by ICE between January 20 and October 15 hadn't previously been arrested, despite the Trump administration's claims that they were specifically targeting murderers, rapists and gang members.

“It contradicts what the administration has been saying about people who are convicted criminals and that they are going after the worst of the worst,” said Ariel Ruiz Soto , senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, via NBC News .

The new data was compiled by an internal ICE office that handles arres

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