{"id":66196,"date":"2025-11-26T17:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66196\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T17:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:05:10","slug":"leaked-federal-data-shows-three-fourths-of-those-booked-by-ice-have-no-criminal-convictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66196\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked federal data shows three-fourths of those booked by ICE have no criminal convictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ICEICE agents conduct an arrest in this federal file photo. Credit: Wikimedia Commons \/ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/p>\n

As the Trump White House continues to say its mass-deportation program is targeting the \u201cworst of the worst\u201d criminals in the country illegally, new nonpublic federal data shows the claim is bullshit. <\/p>\n

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) numbers leaked to the libertarian Cato Institute\u00a0show that nearly nearly three in four people (73%) booked into the agency\u2019s custody between Oct. 1 and Nov. 15 had no criminal conviction. What\u2019s more, just 5% had a violent criminal conviction. <\/p>\n

The Cato report<\/a> comes as administration officials continue to parrot President Donald Trump\u2019s claim that the administration is intent on \u201creturning millions and millions of criminal aliens.\u201d To point, federal authorities this week issued a statement<\/a> claiming without offering proof that 51 of 140 people swept up in a Nov. 16, raid in San Antonio raid are \u201cconfirmed\u201d members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. <\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s deportation agenda does not match the campaign promises that he made nor the rhetoric from his officials,\u201d David J. Bier, Cato\u2019s director of immigration studies, wrote in the report. \u201cThe president has already recognized\u00a0that deportations are hurting the U.S. economy in deporting good workers. But perhaps more importantly, the agenda is taking resources away from targeting\u00a0true public safety threats, whether from immigrants or Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

In its analysis, Cato also found that of people booked by ICE between Oct. 1 and Nov. 15:<\/p>\n

Nearly half (47%) had no criminal conviction nor even pending criminal charges.<\/p>\n

Only 8% had a violent or property criminal conviction.<\/p>\n

A majority of criminal convictions were for vice, immigration or traffic charges.<\/p>\n

Cato also points out in its study that DHS and ICE frequently release public statements calling detentions of people with pending criminal charges \u201ccriminal arrests,\u201d even though the individuals were never found guilty. Further, the charges are frequently minor and regularly dismissed.<\/p>\n

For example, the feds\u2019 recent statement about the San Antonio raid asserted that 25 of the people detained had a \u201crecord of criminal history within the United States\u201d without indicating whether any of those people had ever been convicted. <\/p>\n

Even though the Alamo City raid took place 10 days ago, DHS officials haven\u2019t responded to the Current\u2019s requests to clarify the numbers<\/a> or even state whether any of those detained now face criminal charges. Immigration experts told the Current that those caught up in the sweep are likely to be deported even though they have no criminal records and won\u2019t face charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cICE is depriving these people of due process by arresting them prior to a conviction,\u201d Bier wrote of individuals the feds have labeled as criminals despite never being convicted. <\/p>\n

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