ICE revealed to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) that there are 425,431 illegal aliens with convictions loose on our streets:
The illegal aliens on the non-detained docket went from 3,700,000 in FY 2021 to 4,800,000 in FY 2022 to over 7,000,000 in FY 2023.
I attached screenshots of the charts.
ICE slammed sanctuary cities and states for their lack of cooperation:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recognizes the importance of its relationships with its law enforcement partners to carry out its mission. In recent years, however, as you know, some jurisdictions have reduced their cooperation with ICE, to include refusal to honor ICE detainer requests, even for noncitizens who have been convicted of serious felonies and pose an ongoing threat to public safety. ICE recognizes that some jurisdictions are concerned that cooperating with federal immigration officials will erode trust with immigrant communities and make it harder for local law enforcement to serve those populations. However, “sanctuary” policies can end up shielding dangerous criminals, who often victimize those same communities.
“As of July 21, 2024, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s national docket, which includes those detained by ICE, and on the agency’s non-detained docket,” continued ICE. “Of those, 435,719 are convicted criminals, and 226,847 have pending criminal charges.”
ICE also told Gonzalez that the agency has removed almost 900,000 illegal aliens since mid-May 2023.
“From mid-May 2023 through the end of July 2024, DHS removed or returned more than 893,600 individuals, including more than 138,300 individuals in family units,” added the agency. “The majority of all individuals encountered at the Southwest Border over the past three years have been removed, returned, or expelled.”
MELUGIN: “We just got these numbers moments ago, but it’s a jaw-dropper, to say the least. So to set the stage here, let me just explain what these numbers mean. ICE has something called a non-detained docket. Essentially, what that is, is it means migrants who were encountered by DHS but are no longer in federal custody. So who’s on this non-detained docket? It’s illegal immigrants who were caught and released at the border, released with the court date years away. They’re in immigration proceedings, combined with illegal immigrants who have already been ordered, deported from the country by a judge, but are still here roaming the country. So keep that in mind, this non-detained docket. According to a letter that the acting director of ICE just sent to Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez, on ICE’s non-detained docket, they’re currently tracking 425,000 non-citizens who have been convicted of a crime. Of that number, over 13,000 non-citizens have convictions for homicide and are on the non-detained docket, meaning they’re roaming the country right now. On top of that, there are another 15,811 non-citizens convicted of sexual assault who are roaming the country right now on ICE’s non-detained docket.”
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