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=== Assistant: There’s no reliable, publicly available data that gives a solid percentage estimate of how many people in Minneapolis j… ===
There’s no reliable, publicly available data that gives a solid percentage estimate of how many people in Minneapolis jails who have deportation orders or ICE detainers are released without notifying immigration authorities. Here’s why:

===== 1. Minneapolis / Hennepin County Policies =====
* Hennepin County (which includes Minneapolis) has a policy of not holding people solely for civil immigration detainers and historically has not necessarily notified ICE before all releases — according to federal litigation and DOJ claims. AP News<ref>{{cite web|title=AP News|url=https://apnews.com/article/60d8f35809fa299861107379223ae2bf|publisher=AP News|access-date=2026-01-18}}</ref>
* A specific case cited by DHS noted that the Hennepin County Jail released an individual subject to an ICE detainer without notifying ICE in at least one documented instance (Aug. 2024). Department of Homeland Security<ref>{{cite web|title=Department of Homeland Security|url=https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/14/mayor-freys-sanctuary-policies-release-criminal-illegal-aliens-jails-back|publisher=Department of Homeland Security|date=2026-01-14|access-date=2026-01-18}}</ref>
* Local officials dispute DHS’s claims, stressing they cooperate where required by law and that only a few such cases ever occurred. FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul<ref>{{cite web|title=FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul|url=https://www.fox9.com/news/hennepin-co-sheriff-says-ice-report-inaccurate-demands-apology|publisher=FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul|access-date=2026-01-18}}</ref>
# No Systematic Reporting or Percentage Figures
* There is no publicly released, up-to-date statistic from ICE, Minnesota state or Hennepin County that shows the share of all persons with removal/detainer orders released without notification.
* Historical ICE “Declined Detainer Outcome Reports” (from older nationwide weekly reports) listed some jurisdictions and individual cases where detainers were declined, but these reports are limited, outdated, and incomplete for modern Minnesota cases — and do not provide overall percentages. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|url=https://www.ice.gov/doclib/ddor/ddor2017_02-11to02-17.pdf|publisher=U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|access-date=2026-01-18}}</ref>

===== - ICE does not systematically publish declined detainer outcomes by locality or on a comprehensive basis for all of Minnesota or Minneapolis. =====
* Local law enforcement agencies typically do not share complete release data tied to immigration notifications.
* State and federal officials disagree on even basic figures and what they represent, making estimates speculative. FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul<ref>{{cite web|title=FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul|url=https://www.fox9.com/news/hennepin-co-sheriff-says-ice-report-inaccurate-demands-apology|publisher=FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul|access-date=2026-01-18}}</ref>

===== Claims from various federal announcements or lawsuits have suggested that “hundreds” of individuals in Minnesota custody with immigration detainers have been released without federal pickup or notification — but those figures have not been independently verified by transparent data and are disputed by local authorities. AP News<ref>{{cite web|title=AP News|url=https://apnews.com/article/60d8f35809fa299861107379223ae2bf|publisher=AP News|access-date=2026-01-18}}</ref> =====

If one were to take the federal claims at face value (for example, “nearly 470 released” according to DHS assertions in a recent press statement), and compare that to general local jail populations of removable individuals (which are a small fraction of total detainees), you might see rough, speculative estimates in the '''tens of percent''' — but this estimate isn’t supported by solid public data, and such figures should be treated cautiously. FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul<ref>{{cite web|title=FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul|url=https://www.fox9.com/news/hennepin-co-sheriff-says-ice-report-inaccurate-demands-apology|publisher=FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul|access-date=2026-01-18}}</ref>

===== - There is no authoritative or transparent statistic that states the percentage of persons with deportation orders released from Minneapolis jails without notifying immigration authorities. =====
* Public reporting and official figures are inconsistent and often contested.
* Specific local incidents (e.g., a few releases without notification) are known, but do not represent a verified percentage of all such cases.

If you need estimates for a specific year or policy analysis, I can help outline how analysts construct those estimates with assumptions — just let me know!