‘13,000 Murderers’ Claim: Here’s What ICE Numbers Say About Immigrants
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‘13,000 Murderers’ Claim: Here’s What ICE Numbers Say About Immigrants

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FILE-A Border Patrol agent walks along a line of migrants waiting to turn themselves in to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents for processing near the Paso del Port of Entry Norte after crossing the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a report detailing immigrants under the agency’s supervision who have either been convicted of a crime or faced criminal charges. Data included in the report shows that more than 13,000 migrants were convicted of homicides.

Donald Trump, who has described immigrants as bringing lawlessness and crime to America, tweeted several screenshots of the data with the words: “13,000 people crossed the border with murder convictions.”

The Republican presidential candidate suggested the numbers correspond to the term lengths of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Associated Press reported.

However, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, says the report’s statistics are misinterpreted, with the agency telling The Associated Press that the data spans decades — including the Trump administration and other presidencies – and non-ICE detained immigrants who may be detained by a state or local agency.

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Homeland Security also highlighted what the agency has done to expel people without the right to stay in the United States, telling the AP that it has expelled or returned more than 700,000 immigrants over the course of last year, which it said was the highest number since 2010. said it had deported 180,000 people with criminal convictions since President Joe Biden took office.

ICE made the statistics available and sent a letter to Republican Representative Tony GonzalezWHO made a request for information. THE letter listed figures on immigrants with criminal records tracked by ICE but not detained by the agency.

With immigration a key issue for the 2024 presidential election, the Republican Party is focusing on ICE data to support its claim that the Biden administration is allowing migrants who have committed serious crimes to be released to the UNITED STATES.

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What does ICE data reveal?

As of July 21, ICE said 662,556 people under its supervision had been convicted of crimes or were facing criminal charges. Nearly 15,000 people were in his custody, but the vast majority – 647,572 – were not.

Among immigrants not detained by ICE are those convicted of very serious crimes: 13,099 for homicide, 15,811 for sexual assault, 13,423 for weapons offenses and 2,663 for auto theft.

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According to the AP, the largest category was traffic offenses at 77,074, followed by assaults at 62,231 and dangerous drugs at 56,533.

Millions of immigrants are on ICE’s “non-detained docket,” or immigrants under the agency’s supervision who are not in its custody. The AP noted that many migrants are awaiting the results of their immigration court proceedings, and that others have been released after serving their prison sentences because their countries do not want to take them back.

Can ICE deport criminals?

The agency has limited resources, with the AP reporting that the number of migrants it oversees has increased, while its staffing levels have declined. Citing a 2023 year-end report from ICE, the AP noted that the agency had to send staff to help at the border, taking them away from their normal duties.

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The number of migrants supervised by ICE but not in its custody increased from 3.3 million just before Biden took office to just over 7 million last year.

Additionally, ICE also has legal limits on who it can detain. The agency’s budget allows them to detain 41,500 people at a time. John Sandweg, who served as acting ICE director from 2013 to 2014 under President Barack Obama, told the AP that detaining people accused or convicted of the most serious crimes was always the top priority.

But once a person has received a final order of deportation – meaning a court has ruled that they have no right to stay in the country – they cannot be kept in detention forever while ICE figures out how to get her home.

The AP reported that a 2001 Supreme Court ruling blocked ICE from detaining such people for more than six months if there is no reasonable expectation that they could be returned.

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