the White House There has been no comment yet on new data released to lawmakers, showing the number of illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes and murder who are not in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
The agency provided data to Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, about illegal immigrants with criminal charges or convictions. figureAs of July 2024, detained people and those who are not in custody are known as the non-detained docket.
The non-detained docket includes noncitizens who have final orders of removal or who are undergoing removal proceedings but are not in ICE custody.
There are more than 7.4 million people in that dock, up from about 3.7 million when former President Trump left office.
Thousands of illegal immigrants convicted of sexual assault, murder roam US streets: ICE data
U.S. Border Patrol agents at the U.S. and Mexico border fence in Calexico, California. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The data shows that of those not in custody, 425,431 are convicted felons and 222,141 have pending criminal charges. The data does not reveal how many of those criminals are recent arrivals.
For comparison, in August 2016At the end of the Obama administration, ICE said there were approximately 2.2 million non-citizen non-custodial detainees and approximately 368,574 convicted felons.
In the latest figures, criminals include 62,231 assault convictions, 14,301 theft convictions, 56,533 drug convictions and 13,099 murder convictions. An additional 2,521 have been convicted of kidnapping, and 15,811 have been convicted of sexual assault. An additional 1,845 have murder charges pending, 42,915 have assault charges, 3,266 have theft charges and 4,250 have assault charges pending.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the data and did not say whether it was aware of the numbers. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign also did not comment. Harris is on the southern border in Arizona.
Fox News Digital has also contacted the Department of Homeland Security.
The news sparked outrage among Republicans, who linked the numbers to the Biden administration’s policies and sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with ICE.
Rep. Gonzalez Called the data “beyond disturbing” and said it “should be a warning to the Biden-Harris administration and cities across the country that hide behind sanctuary policies.”
“It is time for Washington to move beyond rhetoric and move toward results. Americans have a right to feel safe in their communities. As an Appropriator, I will do everything in my power to ensure that ICE have the resources necessary to deport noncitizens with criminal records. This must become a priority,” Gonzalez said in a statement.
“The Biden-Harris administration also has a role to play in cleaning up the mess created by its failed policies. It’s time for them to listen to sanctuary city mayors. Now is the time to encourage them to change course. And the safety of American citizens must be put first.”
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green said the release of illegal immigrants into the US “defies all common sense.”
Immigrants stand in line at a remote US Border Patrol processing center after crossing the US-Mexico border in Lukeville, Ariz. (John Moore/Getty Images)
He said, “This is madness. This is something that no civilized, well-functioning society should tolerate.”
In a letter to Gonzalez, ICE took aim at the so-called “Sanctuary” city Illegal immigrants who refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement in deporting criminals.
“ICE recognizes that some jurisdictions are concerned that cooperating with federal immigration authorities will reduce trust with immigrant communities and make it harder for local law enforcement to serve those populations. However, ‘sanctuary’ policies deter dangerous criminals. who often victimize those in the same community,” it said.
It also emphasized DHS’s efforts to remove illegal immigrants.
“From mid-May 2023 to the end of July 2024, DHS removed or returned more than 893,600 individuals, including more than 138,300 individuals in family units. The majority of individuals detected at the southwest border over the past three years has been removed, returned or expelled.”
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The Biden administration has prioritized addressing public safety and national security threats in a narrow set of priorities for 2021, but critics have pegged those priorities as a fallacy ICE eviction,
Republicans have blamed administration policies for the border crisis, including Trump’s rollback of policies that limited “catch and release.”
The administration has said it needs more funding and reforms from Congress, including a bipartisan Senate bill introduced this year. That bill would increase the number of ICE detention beds, but critics of the administration have pointed to data that shows not all beds are currently being filled.
asked about the increase in non detained docket This summer, a White House spokesperson pointed to that bill.
“Congressional Republicans had an opportunity to support the fairest and toughest set of reforms in decades, and they put partisan political interests ahead of fixing our immigration system and securing our borders,” the spokesperson said.
“Congressional Republicans have proven that they don’t care about the security of our border because, frankly, if they did, they would have supported a bipartisan compromise.”
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The data release is as follows harris visit southern border in Arizona and she wants to present herself as tougher on the border than former President Trump, whom she blames for the border bill not passing.
“Donald Trump introduced a bill to improve border security — so he can win this election,” he said Friday. “As I have shown throughout my career, I will not back down from my plan to make our border more secure.”
Fox News’ Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
