Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials released fresh statistics this week indicating that up to 425,000 convicted criminals are living in the United States illegally because of the Biden-Harris administrations failed border policy.
In a letter to US Representative Tony Gonzalez, R-Texas, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director Patrick Lechleitner disclosed that as of July 21, 662,566 non-citizens with criminal ties had not been detained while awaiting immigration procedures, according to the Border Report.
There are 425,431 convicted criminals and 222,141 pending criminal accusations. Over 60,000 people are on the docket for assault.
Approximately 16,000 people have been convicted of sexual assault, while almost 57,000 have been found guilty of offences involving “dangerous drugs.” The data were most recently updated on July 2024.
Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, blasted the Biden-Harris administration’s border policies for allowing dangerous individuals into the country.
Biden-Harris administration slammed
“It may be shocking to hear that the Biden-Harris administration is actively releasing tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens into our communities, but their own numbers conclusively prove this to be the case,” Rep. Green wrote in an email. “This defies all common sense.”
“How many more Americans need to die or be victimised before this administration is forced to abide by the laws they swore to uphold?” Rep. Green asked. “This is lunacy. It is not something that any civilized, functioning society should allow.”
In a letter to Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, ICE said that the high figures are the result of local prosecutors refusing to comply with its detainer requests, which allow police to hold migrants in custody until ICE can get them. Many sanctuary cities deliberately refuse these pleas to avoid looking prejudiced towards refugees.
“ICE recognises that some jurisdictions are concerned that cooperating with federal immigration officials will erode trust with immigrant communities and make it harder for local law enforcement to serve those populations,” the organisation said in a statement. “However, ‘sanctuary’ policies can end up shielding dangerous criminals, who often victimise those same communities.”
On a Friday press call, several bereaved parents accused Vice President Kamala Harris for their children’s deaths, claiming that her border policies allowed hazardous drugs and criminals to enter the United States. The Trump campaign organised the call, which came ahead of Harris’ travel to the Arizona-Mexico border on Friday.
Trump slams Vice -President Harris
“Her reckless do-nothing approach directly resulted in the death of my son and countless other young Americans,” a mother told me. “Our kids are supposed to learn from their mistakes but thanks to Kamala Harris’s open borders, instead they die.”
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump described the statistics as “the worst numbers I think I’ve ever heard” during a town hall session in Warren, Michigan, on Friday.
He blasted Vice President Harris, claiming that it is all down to “our great border czar, who’s incompetent, who’s totally incompetent.”
“They were all released in our country. And we cannot put up with this. “This is blatant incompetence.” He further mocked Harris for being someone “who always complains and doesn’t do anything.”
“She’s at the border today. “What a day for the border!” Trump stated.
Vice President Kamala Harris paid her first visit to the US-Mexico border since becoming the border czar, promising to bridge the gap between border security and “creating a system of immigration that is safe, orderly, and humane.”
However, her trip to the border did not halt criticism of her border policy, as the National Border Patrol Council slammed her symbolic visit in a statement. “After years of not only ignoring, but also contributing to the problem, Vice President Kamala is finally heading down to the border,” he stated.
This is nothing more than her checking the box; in actuality, it is a smack in the face of the men and women who put their lives on the line every day, as well as a slap in the face to the American people.
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