DHS, ICE push back on CBS claim most arrested illegals aren’t ‘violent’

The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) has pushed again towards a CBS article claiming that almost all unlawful immigrants arrested underneath the Trump administration haven’t dedicated “violent felony offenses.”

Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS message on MondaAn inner DHS doc reveals that fewer than 14% of the almost 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been charged or convicted of violent crimes, regardless of President Donald Trump’s pledge to pursue “the worst of the worst.”

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin confused to X that this was an inaccurate studying of the numbers, mentioning that the article downplayed a number of critical crimes by categorizing them as “non-violent.”

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Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin pushed again towards a CBS report on Monday. (Fox Information)

“Drug trafficking, distribution of kid pornography, housebreaking, fraud, drunken driving, embezzlement, solicitation of a minor, and human trafficking are all categorized as ‘non-violent crimes’. As we talked about, roughly 70% of unlawful aliens arrested underneath @POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem have a pending felony cost or prior conviction,” McLaughlin wrote.

In one other submit, she wrote: “By @cbs normal, Edward Hernandez, who @ICEgov arrested in Virginia final week, is a ‘non-criminal’ as a result of he has not been convicted in the USA. It does not matter that he’s an MS-13 member and confessed to killing 5 folks in El Salvador by capturing, torturing, stabbing and mutilating (together with one sufferer who was nonetheless alive).”

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The official ICE

The CBS article acknowledged that about 60% of unlawful immigrants arrested by ICE had felony fees or convictions. (AP picture)

Here is a extra correct headline, CBS. Practically 70% of felony aliens detained by ICE have pending fees or prior convictions. So-called ‘non-violent’ offenders embrace people charged with drug trafficking, distribution of kid pornography, housebreaking, fraud, drunken driving, embezzlement, solicitation of a minor, human trafficking and extra. Labeling these crimes as ‘non-violent’ doesn’t imply they don’t pose a risk to the general public security,” the message mentioned.

Homeland Safety official X account additionally listed examples of unlawful immigrants arrested by ICE who, in accordance with the CBS report, would qualify as “non-violent” as a result of they had been charged and convicted of violent crimes exterior the USA.

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Regardless of the headline claiming that “lower than 14%” of arrested unlawful immigrants have “violent felony data,” the article itself acknowledged that “almost 60% of ICE detainees final yr had felony fees or convictions,” together with for drunken driving, kidnapping and arson. The remaining 40% had been “accused of civil immigration crimes,” in accordance with the doc.

Homeland Safety shared examples of arrested unlawful immigrants who wouldn’t be categorised as “violent” criminals in accordance with the CBS report. (DHS/Jim Watson – Pool/Getty Photos)

Fox Information Digital reached out to DHS and CBS for remark.

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The figures within the CBS doc symbolize 393,000 arrests made between January 21, 2025 and January 31 of this yr.