Is This Why Elon Musk Is Throwing a Tantrum?
Chuck Schumer. If We Pass Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill, Everyone Is Going to...
Is Joe Biden Really Trying to Sell This Line? Also, Who Wrote This?
The Courts Are Courting Disaster by Alienating Conservatives
The Reactions to Karine Jean-Pierre's Book Were Pure Gold
Are People Getting Dumber?
Three Little Words
5th Anniversary of the Death of George Floyd -- The Damage Continues, Part...
Team Trump Ends the USNS Harvey Milk
Urgent Need for Red Flag
Trump's Agenda Versus His Opponents'
Harvard Is the Enemy
Great New Film – 'The American Miracle'
Senator John Cornyn’s Pro-Taxpayer Idea
Confirm Emil Bove to the Federal Bench
Tipsheet

ICE Yields Results: Immigration Arrests Reach Record High

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is delivering results on the president's promise to crack down on illegal immigration. 

Since the beginning of Donald Trump's presidency, the immigration arrest rate under ICE has surged to a 32.6% increase, according to a report released by the Washington Post. From January to mid-March, the number of arrests was at 21,362, in sharp contrast to that same time period last year, where the number was 16,104. Of the 21,362, the majority (three quarters) were illegal immigrants with criminal records. 

Advertisement

Another point to note is that under the Trump Administration, arrests of non-criminal aliens doubled from last year, to 5,411 of those 21,362. 

The ICE field offices who found themselves with the highest arrest numbers, around 2,000 each, were Dallas (covering north TX and OK), Atlanta (also including GA and both Carolinas), and Houston (covering Southeast TX), the Post reported. 

As for deportations, the statistics showed they are actually decreasing-- down by 1.2% from the corresponding time period last year. 

In his visit to the border last week, AG Jeff Sessions declared that he will be hiring 125 new immigration judges to speed up the processes of delayed deportation hearings. 

Another priority Sessions mentioned is the removal of violent MS-13 immigrants, the transnational gang which has become a central variable in many crimes committed by illegal aliens. 

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement