Posted on 02/09/2026 1:04:25 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.
The official statistics contained in the DHS document, which had not been previously reported publicly, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's far-reaching deportation operations across the U.S.
The internal DHS figures undermine frequent assertions by the Trump administration that its crackdown on illegal immigration is primarily targeting dangerous and violent criminals living in the U.S. illegally, people Mr. Trump and his lieutenants have regularly called the "worst of the worst."
The statistics show ICE has dramatically increased arrests since Mr. Trump's return to office. Nearly 60% of ICE arrestees over the past year had criminal charges or convictions, the document indicates. But among that population, the majority of the criminal charges or convictions are not for violent crimes.
For example, while Mr. Trump and his aides often talk about immigration officials targeting murderers, rapists and gangsters, the internal data indicate that less than 2% of those arrested by ICE over the past year had homicide or sexual assault charges or convictions. Another 2% of those taken into ICE custody were accused of being gang members.
Less than 14% of ICE arrests involved those accused or convicted of violent crimes
Figures represent share of 392,619 arrests of those with criminal records made from Jan. 21, 2025 to Jan. 31, 2026.
Nearly 40% of all of those arrested by ICE in Mr. Trump's first year back in office did not have any criminal record at all, and were only accused of civil immigration offenses, such...
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“All other crimes”.
Like pled-down crimes.
Crossing the border illegally is criminal enough for me.
According to that chart assault is not a “violent crime”.
Macht Nichts, All illegals Must Go!
okay
let’s engage in some what about’ism.
of the more than 3,000,000 deportations that occurred under Obama, how many or what % had violent criminal histories?
Oh, and WTH should we care?
Countries do not exist without borders and definitions of who may come, who may stay and for how long....
Are they here illegally? Is that a crime? What’s the issue?
Ok...and?
Yeah… and?
Looks like if local LE does not actually arrest the violent criminals ICE will catch their family members as they go after them. Better to arrest the individual and hand over from a jail cell, right?
Are we just looking at convictions? Or does this include persons charged but not gone to trial?
Stats are absolutely misleading unless you know the assumptions made.
it sounds like maybe ICE is doing its job
(and 14 percent is a high rate of violent crime for any large group of people, aliens or citizens)
This is a step in the right direction. At least one fake news media outlet admits that being here illegally is a crime in itself and that not all illegals are pure as the wind driven snow.
Rebuttal:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
@ICEgov
Here’s a more accurate headline, CBS.
Nearly 70% of criminal aliens detained by ICE have pending charges or prior convictions. So-called “non-violent” offenders include individuals charged with drug trafficking, distribution of child pornography, burglary, fraud, DUI, embezzlement, solicitation of a minor, human smuggling, and more.
Labeling these offenses as “non-violent” does not mean they aren’t threats to public safety.
https://x.com/ICEgov/status/2020911576920777206?s=20
See-BS carrying the water. Always.
The correct headline is:
“100% of Deportations In Trump’s First Year Were Illegals”
or even, being generous:
“Over 60% of Trump’s Deportations are Convicted Criminals”
That’s because they catch ‘em in a net and separate the violent illegals from the rest later at a facility. It was explained long ago that if a violent illegal is already locked up, turn the monster over to ICE instead of the streets.
Or robbing governments of money by fraud is more than enough.
“400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
So few. Was hoping for 4 million...
Zackly.
and here is the answer
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4366140/posts?page=14#14
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