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ICE data shows migrants with violent convictions only made up 6% of arrests
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Jun 25, 2025
ICE arrest data shows that authorities deported only a small fraction of immigrants illegally in the U.S. convicted of violent crimes.
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The Trump administration has made deporting violent undocumented immigrants a central focus
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but new data from ICE suggests only a small fraction of those with serious convictions are being arrested
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According to ICE's own data obtained by NBC News, between October 1st, 2024 and May 31st, 2025
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a period that spans two administrations, ICE had information on certain undocumented immigrants
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who had been convicted of serious crimes. However, the majority of these individuals had not been arrested or detained
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despite the Trump administration's stated focus on removing violent offenders. According to NBC News, internal ICE data shows a total of just over 185,000 individuals
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arrested and booked into immigration detention centers during that time period. Of those, just more than 65,000 had been convicted of crimes
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Last fall, ICE reported that over 28,000 convicted criminals, including those guilty of homicide or sexual assault, were on its non-detained docket, meaning they were known to ICE but not in custody
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The agency acknowledged it did not know the exact whereabouts of all individuals
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The new ICE status shows that from October 1st to May 31st, ICE arrested only 6 percent of undocumented immigrants known to have homicide convictions and 11 percent with sexual assault convictions
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Nearly half of those in ICE custody have no criminal charges or convictions according to ICE data A senior DHS official told NBC News that arresting serious criminals is harder because the resource demands and the agency has shifted from
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targeting high-risk offenders to focusing on detaining and deporting all undocumented immigrants. Representative Tony Gonzalez requested ICE data on arrest of serious criminals
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noting bipartisan support for targeting the worst of the worst. While we do agree that we are a
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nation of laws and that all who crossed our borders illegally are subject to those laws
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there are levels of priority that must be considered when it comes to immigration enforcement
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Every minute that we spend pursuing an individual with a clean record is a minute less that we
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dedicate to apprehending terrorists or cartel operatives. Gonzalez and five other members of
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Congress wrote in a letter to ICE earlier this month, we stand by President Trump to ensure our
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border security is restored. However, in order to truly claim success, we need to give absolute
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priority to every violent offender and convicted criminal illegal alien present in our nation
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President Trump's border czar Tom Homan stated that federal immigration enforcement would
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prioritize the detention and removal of undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions. However, he also emphasized a broader approach, telling ABC News shortly after Trump's inauguration
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If you're in the country illegally, you're on the table. For Shade Arrow News, I'm Lauren Keenan
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