So, does this mean that whichever agencies within the Biden Administration which were supposed to keep track of these numbers were just ordered to look the other way. and to make no effort at all to gather accurate and complete statistics?

First, flood the country with people from generally more socialist countries who would likely support and vote Democrat.

Second. since the Decennial Census counts “persons” and not “citizens” for the purpose of determining Congressional representation, all of those illegals—mostly clustered in states like California—would give Democrats more votes in Congress.

Wasn’t that the title of a song in the 60’s?

LOL. Some volunteer! No doubt taking inspiration from Rosa Parks, an activist who volunteered to ride in the front of the bus because she was considered ideal from a legal perspective and had the backing of her organization.

And in this indignant article you have to get all the way to the bottom to find out that the “ICE agent” doesn’t even work for ICE. The family’s attorney is trying to make it about ICE, when ICE isn’t even involved. The article does not say who the “public official” who “detained” the teen actually works for. For SOME REASON.

But the reality is, it was just some guy who may work for some government in some capacity who was being an asshole, and not ICE rounding up teens who weren’t doin nuthin.

They could, but like I said, legal aliens following the law will never be inconvenienced if they follow the law and carry their papers, and ICE is not obligated to maximize convenience for those they detain. I’m sure ICE is not trying to create extra work for themselves and uses all the streamlining that is practical and legal.

If legal aliens caught without documents have to go to a holding facility for some hours, good reminder to carry their papers as the law requires. One time I got pulled over, didn’t have my driver’s license, and I got inconvenienced for a couple of hours, and I remembered next time. You want to drive, you carry a valid license. You want to be a noncitizen present in the US, you carry your paperwork. Very simple.

Clarification: Maybe ICE has portable stations where they can check status and simplify process.

There’s no “maybe” about it. They are already doing it. They don’t throw them in a truck and drop them off in Mexico without some stops along the way to be sure they know who they have and where they ought to go. ICE’s helpful website outlines the process:

After ICE detains a noncitizen, they may go before a judge in immigration court during the deportation process. In some cases, a noncitizen is subject to expedited removal without being able to attend a hearing in immigration court. Expedited removal may happen when a noncitizen:

Comes to the U.S. without proper travel documents
Uses forged travel documents
Does not comply with their visa or other entry document requirements
Learn more about deportation under an order of expedited removal.

ICE’s helpful website lets you find someone who is detained.

You can use the ICE detainee locator to find a person currently held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). To use the Online Detainee Locator System, you can either enter the person’s:

Name, country of birth, and birth date, or
The 8- or 9-digit A-number on correspondences from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or the Executive Office for Immigration Review
If you cannot find a detainee using the online system, contact an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) field office.

If you know the facility where the person is being held, contact the immigration detention facility directly.

The electronic data from the ten fingerprints is stored in a database and is made available at U.S. ports-of-entry to Department of Homeland Security immigration inspectors

This is good. Seems that questionables could be transported to a nearby safe area and run through the system. Maybe have a bus set up to run them through Save time for us and them.
Maybe they are already doing it.

Could be. That’s how Global Entry determines who I am when I reenter the country, and I’m not even usually asked for my passport. Legal aliens have their biometrics on file including photographs and digital fingerprints. Here’s the State Department website that explains it.

For U.S. Visas the chosen biometric identifier method is a digital photo and electronic fingerprints. All fingers of a visa applicant are electronically scanned in a quick, inkless process during the consular officer’s interview with the applicant….

The electronic data from the ten fingerprints is stored in a database and is made available at U.S. ports-of-entry to Department of Homeland Security immigration inspectors. The electronic fingerprint data is associated with an issued visa for verification and the privacy of the data is protected by storage in the database.

The U.S. Department of State makes data available in accordance with the law governing the use of visa records, to U.S. law enforcement agencies that require the information for law enforcement purposes. Visa records are, by law, confidential. Requests for access to visa records by law enforcement are subject to statutory, regulatory and other legal restrictions.

But when you get pulled over and you don’t have your driver’s license, they can still establish who you are eventually if you don’t make it hard for them–if you have a valid driver’s license. Same thing for legal aliens.

I have many legal aliens, immigrant and non-immigrant, among my friends, family, and colleagues, and every single one of them knows what the law requires them to do and does it. Consequently they have no trouble. There are internet forums frequented by legal aliens where they talk about such things all day long. It is really not hard to comply with the rules or find out what they are, you just have to pay attention to the stuff you sign and the paperwork you fill out.