Out of the 185,507 inmates in BOP custody, 39,455 (21 percent) were reported by BOP as foreign-born. Further details regarding these 39,455 foreign-born inmates are as follows:
20,240 (51 percent) were unauthorized aliens who are subject to a final order of removal;14,979 (38 percent) remain under ICE investigation;*2,374 (6 percent) were unlawfully present and now in removal proceedings;1,852 (less than 5 percent) were lawfully present aliens but are now in removal proceedings; and10 were aliens who*have been granted relief or protection from removal.
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