More than 425,000 migrants classified as criminals are at large in the United States, according to data from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The agency sent the Republican representative from Texas, Tony Gonzales, the national figures of illegal immigrants with charges or criminal convictions up to July 21 of this year.
The data is divided between migrants who are in prison and those who are not detained. The file of non-detained individuals, which currently includes more than 7 million people, includes undocumented individuals with final deportation orders or those undergoing deportation proceedings but who are not in ICE custody.
In that large group of non-detained individuals, there are 425,431 convicted criminals and 222,141 with pending criminal charges.
Among them, 62,231 were convicted of assault, 56,533 for drugs, 15,811 for sexual assault, 14,301 for robbery, and 2,521 for kidnapping.
In a statement released by Fox News, ICE accused the so-called sanctuary cities of refusing to cooperate with federal law enforcement in the deportation of illegal immigrant criminals.
"ICE acknowledges that some jurisdictions are concerned that cooperating with federal immigration officials will erode trust in immigrant communities and make it difficult for local law enforcement to serve those populations. However, 'sanctuary' policies may end up protecting dangerous criminals, who often victimizes those same communities," he stated.
According to the document, from mid-May 2023 to the end of July 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) returned more than 893,600 people, including over 138,300 in family units.
"The majority of all the people encountered at the southwest border over the past three years have been expelled, returned, or removed," he explained.
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