ICE Arrests Under Trump Include Less Than 14% With Violent Crime Records, document shows

Trump administration pushes back on CBS claim very few arrested illegal aliens have 'violent criminal records'

The Department of Homeland Security disputed a CBS report claiming most illegal immigration arrests over the last year lack any "violent" crime records.

Violent Criminals Make Up Tiny Fraction of Immigrants Targeted By Trump Admin

A mere fraction — just 14 percent — of the immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the first year of President Trump’s mass deportation effort had previously been convicted of or charged with violent criminal offenses, CBS News reported Monday, citing a Department of Homeland Security report that the news outlet obtained.

Less Than 14% Of ICE Arrests Have Violent Criminal Histories

Source: UCG / Getty One of the cornerstones of President Donald Trump’s second term has been his mass deportation campaign. Upon taking office, Trump bolstered recruitment for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and spent much of his first year deploying them on raids in cities far from the border. While Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have continually defended these raids by saying ICE is detaining the violent c…

CONFIRMED: Majority of Illegals Detained by ICE Have Criminal Records.

PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A report confirmed that 60 percent of illegal immigrants arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during President Donald J. Trump’s first year back in office had prior criminal charges or convictions.WHO WAS INVOLVED: ICE, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Trump White House, and illegal immigrants.WHEN & WHERE: During President Trump’s first year back in office; data sourced from DHS.KEY…

Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE had violent criminal records

First direct confirmation from DHS data that officials are wrongly stating administration’s priority is those with criminal backgrounds

Less than 14% of those ICE arrested had violent criminal records, data show

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.