The same is true of 73 percent of the more than 65,000 immigrants in ICE detention as of November, a record number of detainees. Nearly half of all immigrants in ICE detention have neither a criminal conviction nor pending criminal charges. Jose and Josue were appealing until 2020, when their appeals ran out, but they continued to appear at ICE check-ins. A few weeks after Jose and Josue arrived in El Salvador, Josue’s high school in Georgia held its graduation ceremony. Jose said the brothers followed the conditions: Going to court, attending ICE check-ins, having good moral conduct and no criminal record.