Scoop: ICE detention numbers slip
ICE has empty detention bed space and the average daily number of detainees has slid to 58,000, Axios has learned from two sources familiar with the data. Why it matters: ICE went on a $38 billion buying spree to rapidly expand the number of available beds. But after its detention population more than doubled in President Trump's first year in office, the numbers have gone in the other direction. Trump backed off aggressive city-wide enforcement strategies following the killing of two U.S. citi…

