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Pototan

(3,072 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 08:19 AM Feb 9

Less than 14% of ICE arrests are violent criminals

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.



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arrests-violent-criminal-records-trump-first-year/
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Less than 14% of ICE arrests are violent criminals (Original Post) Pototan Feb 9 OP
This surfered Feb 9 #1
The media will never call it "ethnic cleansing". unblock Feb 9 #2
But 100 percent of those making the arrests Johonny Feb 9 #3
I read the post title superpatriotman Feb 9 #4
I don't believe they arrested 6,160 violent criminals either. Emile Feb 9 #5
This statistic was put forth by the DHS, a tool of the Trump administration. patphil Feb 9 #6
According to the link, 40% had no criminal record MichMan Feb 9 #9
Id be shocked if that number held up to scrutiny quakerboy Feb 9 #7
Of course. OldBaldy1701E Feb 9 #8

patphil

(8,932 posts)
6. This statistic was put forth by the DHS, a tool of the Trump administration.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:29 AM
Feb 9

my guess is that the number is a lot less than they are saying.
In any event, if it's true, that means 86% of the people they kidnapped weren't criminals.

MichMan

(17,004 posts)
9. According to the link, 40% had no criminal record
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:22 PM
Feb 9
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.

quakerboy

(14,812 posts)
7. Id be shocked if that number held up to scrutiny
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 01:07 PM
Feb 9

I doubt they hit anywhere near double digit percentages.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,898 posts)
8. Of course.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 01:26 PM
Feb 9

You don't think that those goon squad wannabes are going to actually risk their lives for something, do you?

Going after criminals is far too dangerous. It is much better to go get Consuelo the maid because she dared to speak Spanish in public while walking down the street with her two kids.

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