UNITED STATES, July 2 (DC Times Online) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it made more than 10,000 arrests in five days, and the Department of Homeland Security said nearly 70% of ICE arrests involve people charged with or convicted of crimes.
DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement that “nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S.” She said the department was carrying out President Donald Trump’s promise to arrest and deport criminal immigrants.
The arrest figures came as the Trump administration continued its immigration crackdown after a Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.
In New York City, a New York City Bar Association analysis of ICE and DHS data found that 455 people apprehended by ICE had no prior contact with the criminal justice system, while 804 had pending criminal charges. The analysis said detention of immigrants without criminal convictions in the New York City area rose 87% from fiscal 2017.
Separate reporting in New York based on government data obtained through open-records requests and analyzed by the Deportation Data Project found ICE arrests in the state had surged enough that, by early July, they had surpassed the total for all of the previous year.
The Prison Policy Initiative, using ICE data processed by the Deportation Data Project, said ICE arrests topped 1,000 a day nationally and that nearly half took place out of local jails and other lockups.
