As ICE Expands Footprint in Hudson Valley, Detentions Reach Record Levels Across New York State

The number of people detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities have soared in the past year. At the Orange County Jail, the number of people detained by ICE has more than doubled since the start of the Trump administration. That tracks with what communities are seeing across New York state and the country. Radio Catskill’s Kimberly Izar spoke with Meghan Maloney de Zaldivar, Vice President of Advocacy at the New York Immigration Coalition, to learn what record high ICE detainments can tell us about Trump’s deportation plans.