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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
ICE data shows less than 1% of deportees had murder convictions
President Trump campaigned on a vow to round up the "worst of the worst" offenders among the criminals who were living illegally inside the United States. But CBS News has obtained deportation data that indicates the Trump administration's deportation push has ensnared many undocumented immigrants without violent criminal records. Of the estimated 100,000 people who were deported between January 1 and June 24 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 70,583 were convicted criminals, according to an ICE document obtained by CBS News. However, the data also shows that most of the documented infractions were traffic or immigration offenses. The ICE document listed out raw data that was broken down by conviction, not by deportee. Some 2,355 of the convictions had to do with sex offenses, making up 1.8% of the total number of criminals who were deported. Another 1,628, or 1.2%, were for sexual assault. The number of homicide convictions totaled 729, or 0.58% of deportees, and the number of convicted kidnappers was 536, or 0.42%. About 10,738 convictions were for assault, or 15.2% of deportees, the data showed. ICE's public messaging about its deportation push has focused on undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records, highlighting deportees who were convicted of murder, sex offenses and other violent crimes. Another stated goal of the Trump administration was to remove those with ties to criminal organizations. The CBS News-obtained document shows that 3,256 of the more than 100,000 people removed, or 3.26%, were known or suspected gang members or terrorists. In response to a CBS News inquiry, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said ICE has now deported about 140,000 undocumented immigrants since Mr. Trump took office. She also added that 70% of those arrested by ICE were of "illegal aliens with criminal convictions or have pending criminal charges." McLaughlin declined to detail the nature of the convictions or criminal charges, or offer further specifics. Back on June 11, six Republican lawmakers who are members of the Congressional Hispanic Conference wrote to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons to urge the Trump administration to prioritize the detention of violent offenders, convicted criminals and national security threats. ICE has now responded to that inquiry for the first time with figures of those deported since Jan. 1. The Republicans who signed the letter include the conference's chair, Rep. Tony Gonzalez of Texas, along with Reps. Monica De La Cruz of Texas, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, David Valadao of California, Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida and Gabe Evans of Colorado. ICE arrests have soared since Mr. Trump took office, averaging 1,200 per day in the first three weeks of June, according to internal figures previously reported by CBS News. White House adviser Stephen Miller has pushed the agency to aim for 3,000 arrests per day, a more-than-twofold increase that has led to pressure on ICE leadership. An increasingly large share of people held in ICE deteintion do not have criminal records, CBS News has previously reported. Around 40% of the agency's detainees since Mr. Trump took office had criminal convictions of some kind with 8% of them convicted of violent crimes. Mr. Trump and top administration officials have said their focus is on arresting and deporting people with serious criminal records. "The violent criminals in our country are the priority now," Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters last month. White House "border czar" Tom Homan says the administration's primary focus is on the "worst" offenders, but he has long said any undocumented immigrant could be subject to arrest. "If you're in the country illegally, you are not off the table," Homan said at an event in Texas this week. "We prioritize the worst, first. That makes sense. But it doesn't mean you prioritize this group and everybody else is good to go." Son of man who was violently detained by ICE reacts after release Mike Johnson breaks from Trump, calls on DOJ to release Epstein files 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits southern Alaska
CBS News
6 days ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Despite vow to remove the worst offenders, ICE data shows less than 1% of deportees had murder convictions
President Trump campaigned on a vow to round up the "worst of the worst" offenders among the criminals who were living illegally inside the United States. But CBS News has obtained deportation data that indicates the Trump administration's deportation push has ensnared many undocumented immigrants without violent criminal records. Of the estimated 100,000 people who have been deported since January of this year by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 70,583 were convicted criminals, according to an ICE document obtained by CBS News. However, the data also shows that most of the documented infractions were traffic or immigration offenses. The ICE document listed out raw data that was broken down by conviction, not by deportee. Some 2,355 of the convictions had to do with sex offenses, making up 1.8% of the total number of criminals who were deported. Another 1,628, or 1.2%, were for sexual assault. The number of homicide convictions totaled 729, or 0.58% of deportees, and the number of convicted kidnappers was 536, or 0.42%. About 10,738 convictions were for assault, or 15.2% of deportees, the data showed. ICE's public messaging about its deportation push has focused on undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records, highlighting deportees who were convicted of murder, sex offenses and other violent crimes. Another stated goal of the Trump administration was to remove those with ties to criminal organizations. The CBS News-obtained document shows that 3,256 of the more than 100,000 people removed, or 3.26%, were known or suspected gang members or terrorists. In response to a CBS News inquiry, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said ICE has now deported about 140,000 undocumented immigrants since Mr. Trump took office. She also added that 70% of those arrested by ICE were of "illegal aliens with criminal convictions or have pending criminal charges." McLaughlin declined to detail the nature of the convictions or criminal charges, or offer further specifics. Back on June 11, six Republican lawmakers who are members of the Congressional Hispanic Conference wrote to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons to urge the Trump administration to prioritize the detention of violent offenders, convicted criminals and national security threats. ICE has now responded to that inquiry for the first time with figures of those deported since Jan. 1. The Republicans who signed the letter include the conference's chair, Rep. Tony Gonzalez of Texas, along with Reps. Monica De La Cruz of Texas, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, David Valadao of California, Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida and Gabe Evans of Colorado. ICE arrests have soared since Mr. Trump took office, averaging 1,200 per day in the first three weeks of June, according to internal figures previously reported by CBS News. White House adviser Stephen Miller has pushed the agency to aim for 3,000 arrests per day, a more-than-twofold increase that has led to pressure on ICE leadership. An increasingly large share of ICE detainees do not have criminal records, CBS News has previously reported. Around 40% of the agency's detainees since Mr. Trump took office had criminal convictions of some kind with 8% of them convicted of violent crimes. Mr. Trump and top administration officials have said their focus is on arresting and deporting people with serious criminal records. "The violent criminals in our country are the priority now," Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters last month. White House "border czar" Tom Homan says the administration's primary focus is on the "worst" offenders, but he has long said any undocumented immigrant could be subject to arrest. "If you're in the country illegally, you are not off the table," Homan said at an event in Texas this week. "We prioritize the worst, first. That makes sense. But it doesn't mean you prioritize this group and everybody else is good to go."
Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Kristi Noem restarts third-country deportations for five 'depraved monsters' as ICE kicks into high gear
President Donald Trump 's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has continued deportations of illegal immigrants to third-party countries. Five migrants with criminal records were flown to Eswatini this week even though none of them originated from the small country in southern Africa, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin announced. The Supreme Court last month ruled that the Trump administration could continue its deportation of migrants to nations that were not their countries of origin. Following that ruling, the eight men from Asia and Latin America at the center of the case were deported earlier this month to South Sudan. Migrants who landed in Eswatini on Tuesday are originally from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen. It's not clear when the administration struck a deal with the African country to accept migrants. '[A] safe third country deportation flight to Eswatini in Southern Africa has landed— This flight took individuals so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back,' McLaughlin wrote on X on Tuesday night. 'These depraved monsters have been terrorizing American communities but thanks to Trump and Noem they are off of American soil.' She listed the migrants' crimes, which included child rape, murder, robbery, assault, aggravated battery of a police officer and grand theft auto. A July 9 memo on the operations claims that third country deportation flights could take place within six hours of migrants being notified. Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Rodd Lyons said in that memo that there would typically be a 24-hour period between when migrants are informed and when they are deported. Asked if the men who were given prison sentences for their crimes remain in the custody of law enforcement in Africa, McLaughlin told NBC News: 'That's up to Eswatini.' The country of Eswatini is landlocked between South Africa and Mozambique. Its land area is smaller than the state of New Jersey and has a population of 1.2 million, according to a 2023 estimate. Eswatini is Africa's last remaining absolute monarchy. Jamaican citizen (left) convicted of murder and robbery was among those deported on Tuesday's flight, along with Laos citizen (right) convicted of second-degree murder and burglary It's not immediately clear whether more migrants will be departed to Eswatini and what terms the U.S. reached in its agreement to send convicted criminals and illegal immigrants there. The administration has a goal of deporting 1 million immigrants every year. By June more than 100,000 illegal immigrants were sent out of the country. Off track of Trump reaching the goal by the end of the first year of his second term, deportation flights have been increasing in recent months after setbacks earlier in the administration. ICE conducted 190 deportation flights in May alone.
CBS News
16-07-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Trump administration sends deportees convicted of violent crimes to small African country of Eswatini
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it deported a group of men convicted of violent crimes to the small African country of Eswatini, in its latest expansion of deportations to far-flung places that are not deportees' home countries. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said the deportees hailed from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen, and had been convicted of serious crimes in the U.S. The men's criminal records included convictions for murder, homicide and child rape, McLaughlin added. The deported men, McLaughlin said, are "so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back." It's unclear what will immediately happen to the men sent to Eswaitini, a landlocked country in southern Africa that was formerly known as Swaziland. The tiny nation is slightly bigger in size than Connecticut, has around 1.2 million residents and is ruled by a king. CBS News reported in early May that the U.S. had asked Eswatini, alongside other countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, to receive deportees who are not their own citizens. The talks are part of a larger, aggressive effort by the Trump administration to persuade as many countries as possible — regardless of their human rights record — to accept citizens of other nations, including criminals. President Trump's administration has already used agreements to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador; migrants from Africa and Asia to Costa Rica and Panama; and eight convicted criminals from Asian and Latin American countries to conflict-ridden South Sudan. Trump administration officials have persuaded other nations, like Honduras and Kosovo, to accept deportees from other countries, though those agreements have not been fully implemented yet. U.S. officials have approached other nations — including Moldova, Libya and Rwanda — to strike similar deals. Historically, the U.S. has sought to deport unauthorized immigrants to third countries if they hail from nations where it's difficult or impossible to deport them, such as those that limit or entirely reject U.S. deportations. The practice is controversial. Critics say some of the third countries that the Trump administration has turned to — like South Sudan — are unsafe, and deportation of Venezuelans to El Salvador has sparked legal and humanitarian concerns since the deportees have been held incommunicado at a notorious mega-prison, despite many of them lacking any apparent criminal record. The administration's campaign to increase deportations to third-party countries gained a major legal victory last month, when the Supreme Court suspended a ruling by a federal judge in Boston that had required the U.S. to give detainees a certain degree of notice and due process before any deportation to a place that was not their country of origin. That now-suspended lower court order had required officials to give detainees and their lawyers notice of the third country the government wanted to remove them to, as well as a chance to contest their deportation, including by raising fears of being harmed or tortured in that nation. Soon after the Supreme Court's orders, the administration issued guidance aimed at expediting deportations to third countries by making it harder for would-be deportees to contest their deportation from the U.S. The directive, authored by acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons, said detainees with final orders of deportation can be deported to third-party countries, without any notice or further proceedings, if those nations make "credible" assurances to the U.S. that they will not persecute or torture the deportees. If those assurances are not received or are not deemed credible, Lyons' memo instructs ICE officials to give detainees 24-hour notice of the agency's intention to deport them to a third country. But the guidance says ICE officials can give just 6 hours of notice in "exigent circumstances," so long as the detainees are given "reasonable means and opportunity" to talk to an attorney. During those notice periods, detainees will have the burden of expressing fear of being harmed in a third country to try to contest their deportation. ICE officials will not affirmatively ask detainees about any potential fears, the Lyons memo says.
Telegraph
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Police cautions should be removed from database sooner, says Leveson
Police should no longer be allowed to keep a record of people's cautions until they are 100 years old, a Government review has recommended. Sir Brian Leveson, a former appeal court judge who headed the review of the criminal courts, said the criminal records system needed to be reformed to recognise that people can be rehabilitated and should not face job discrimination as a result of past misdemeanours. Any caution remains on the police national computer until an offender reaches the age of 100, even if it is 'spent'. Details can be requested by employers and have to be declared for visa travel to certain countries including the US, China and many Middle Eastern states. Sir Brian said: 'I am keen to see that the impact [cautions and out of court resolutions] have on individuals' lives is proportionate to the offending.' It is one of 45 recommendations from his review, which was set up by Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, to tackle record court backlogs and delays in justice for victims. As well as scrapping the automatic right to jury trials for thousands of defendants, Sir Brian has also proposed that police should make greater use of out of court resolutions such as cautions to divert offenders like thieves, thugs and drug addicts away from the courts. Sir Brian said this proposal would 'highlight the difficulty that individuals face in complying with their duties of disclosure of a criminal record in future employment and other applications'. Under current laws, cautions remain on a person's criminal record on the police national computer until they are 100 but become 'spent' after six years. This means they do not have to be automatically declared to employers through the disclosure and barring service. There are, however, exceptions for serious offences, and employers are entitled to ask about spent convictions for certain occupations and roles that involve working with vulnerable individuals or those in positions of trust. Sir Brian called for reform of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 'to address the periods of time before cautions and convictions for low level offences become spent or protected effectively for all purposes and are therefore never disclosed on any criminal record check.' However, while backing the wiping of cautions from the police national computer (PNC), Sir Brian accepted there should remain exemptions for some offences such as sexual assaults. 'The disclosure system needs simplifying so that offenders and employers have clarity about what can be expected to be disclosed,' he said. 'I would, of course, recognise the importance of retaining information in relation to certain offences (such as sexual assault) which might be relevant to employment possibilities, and also of such information remaining on the PNC for intelligence purposes. 'The organisation Unlock [a charity founded by former prisoners] has called for a fundamental review of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 in recognition of the fact that the world has now radically changed since 1974. I would endorse such a review.' 'Total collapse of the system' In his 378-page report published on Wednesday, Sir Brian proposed changes at every stage of the process to prevent what he warned was the 'total collapse of the system' because of the backlogs. The number of outstanding cases has risen to a record 77,000, with trials delayed as far ahead as 2029. Sir Brian's biggest and most controversial reform is to the jury system where he proposed that anyone facing an offence carrying a maximum sentence of two years in jail would lose their right to elect for a jury trial. Defendants for any offence apart from homicide will also be entitled to ask for a judge-only trial. He said defendants should receive a 40 per cent discount on their sentence if they pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, up from 33 per cent. It could mean a criminal facing a nominal 10 years in jail would serve just two years in prison. Ministry of Justice sources confirmed the proposals were being considered including on police cautions, with decisions on the Government's plans to be announced in the autumn.
