ICE Arrests Under Trump Include Less Than 14% With Violent Crime Records, document shows
Internal DHS data shows ICE made about 393,000 arrests with fewer than 14% involving violent crimes; majority were nonviolent or administrative offenses, CBS News reported.
- Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump's first year back in office had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses.
- Nearly 40% of all those arrested by ICE did not have any criminal record at all, being accused only of civil immigration offenses.
- ICE made over triple the number of administrative arrests, including of criminals, in the past year under Trump compared to fiscal year 2024 under Biden.
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About six out of seven migrants detained by the Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) in the first year of the current Donald Trump administration, 86%, lack a violent criminal record, revealed Monday the CBS network based on a document from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The report found that less than 14% of the nearly 400,000 migrants arrested by the ICE from January 21, 2025 to January 31, 2026 have a criminal record or are accus…
Trump administration pushes back on CBS claim very few arrested illegal aliens have 'violent criminal records'
The Department of Homeland Security disputed a CBS report claiming most illegal immigration arrests over the last year lack any "violent" crime records.
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