producers, order me one of those. breaking news of which we have some. this fox news alert. and that is new numbers coming out from i.c.e. 200,000, more than 200,000 migrants claiming to be family units have been released since december. that coming from immigrations and customs enforcement. and we had the i.c.e. director mark morgan on a short time ago and he was pointing out when you put this together with the other numbers that we heard a few days back about the sharping number of apprehensions at the border every single month. on one hand more and more apprehensions, more illegal ill grantimmigrants coming in. and then those who are getting here are being caught but then released according to the new numbers that griff has. if you look at this video very quickly, this is from january in mexico, this is video from when i was there in that caravan. and the point here is that its family units we re reporting on
that have sometimed been used for attempts suicides. these are some of the immediate risks and egregious violations found at multiple i.c.e. detention facilities. united natio in in announced visits. the worst in new jersey and california. the inspector general s investigation began after a tip about terrible conditions on its hotline. the i.g. made unannounced visits to four facilities in california, louisiana, new jersey, and colorado. immigrations and customs enforcement responded and said it s completed significant actions to address issues. i.c.e. even included pictures of improved conditions at its california site, but it was for 5,000 detainees held in total. the i. gimpt stressing all i.c.e. detainees are held in civil, not criminal custody, which is not supposed to be punitive. they found detainees essentially
have a deal on border security, but now it s going to be up to the president whether this deal lives or dies. one key sticking point in the negotiations was the funding level for i.c.e., which is immigrations and customs enforcement, and we have matt albentz, the acting deputy director of i.c.e. with us here. you re also executive associate director for enforcement and removal operations. you ve been with i.c.e. for 24 years? 24 years. you know about this. this has been your entire career. the deal is looking i know you haven t seen the details, so i know that. but the deal is looking to give i.c.e. a little more flexibility when it comes to funding. in the end there would actually be an increase in funding that would allow the number of beds to increase, maybe as high as 60,000 people in detention centers. that s obviously a jump from what you have right now. what do you think about that? i think that provision holds promise. i think giving i.c.e. the ability and flexibility t
the table for border security, including a wall. the president getting criticism in el paso from something he said in the state of the union when he said el paso was one of the most dangerous cities in the fence. the mayor insisting that the president was wrong about that and that he will call him out again if he repeats that assertion tonight. at the moment, the president taking aim at democrats for demanding a cap on detention spaces for immigrations and customs enforcement. democrats want to limit beds to 16,500. the ice deputy director, matt albins had a conference call that said a cap would force ice to release criminals in detention in the evidence. the president tweeting about it this morning. democrats insist their intent is the opposite of that.
metropolitan detention sflr in brooklyn, new york. there was a fire in an electrical switching room that triggered a partial pow power outage leaving many inmates stuck in frigid dark cells. protesters demonstrated outside with signs saying turn on the heat and stop the torture.department of justice issued a statement last night promising to work with the federal bureau of prisons to ensure it doesn t reoccur. grammy nominated rapper 21 savage in custody this morning after his arrest by immigrations and customs enforcement. i.c.e. says the rapper is a british citizen in the u.s. illegally and that he was arrested in a targeted sting. the agency alleges he entered