I guess you have to ask the definition of “criminal.” Identity theft, perjury, false representation on official documents, and of course entering and remaining in the country illegally are not really crimes.
Those are the ones that will pay back taxes... I mean... Get earned income tax credits.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2015 decided not to deport but release 19,723 criminal illegal immigrants, including 208 convicted of murder, over 900 convicted of sex crimes and 12,307 of drunk driving, according to new government numbers.
Overall, those released into virtually every state and territory of America had a total of 64,197 convictions among them, for an average of 3.25 convictions each, according to an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies. ICE also said that the group were convicted of 8,234 violent crimes.