The new data on all the criminal noncitizens coming into the U.S. is shocking.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement checks the background of illegal aliens they have in custody. But, the ICE administration’s letter to Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, shows that as of July 21, ICE let 435,719 convicted criminals and 226,847 people with pending criminal charges back in their home countries into the U.S.
Of those cleared by ICE, 13,099 have convictions for homicide, and 1,845 were facing criminal charges. Some 9,461 have convictions for sex offenses (not including assault or commercialized sex), and 2,659 face pending charges. The convictions include other crimes, such as assault (62,231), robbery (10,031), sexual assault (15,811), weapons offenses (13,423), and dangerous drugs (56,533).
About 7.4 million noncitizens are in the “national docket data,” so 662,776 is 9% of the total, and if one extrapolates the numbers to the homicide rate in this country, it strongly indicates that the government is letting migrants into this country who commit murder at a rate 50% higher than the rest of the U.S. population.
And these numbers clearly underestimate the crime rate of these noncitizens. The noncitizens in the “national docket data” turned themselves into border agents for processing or were caught. Those who don’t turn themselves in are obviously far more likely to have something to hide from those doing the processing, so-called “gotaways,” who are observed illegally entering the U.S., but not caught or turned back.
These figures coincide with other data from the Arizona prison system and show illegal aliens commit crime at much higher rates than Americans or legal immigrants.
Under the Remain-in-Mexico policy, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) did background checks on immigrants’ cases, including contacting the country that the immigrant is from before they are approved to come to the U.S.
ICE agents cannot access the same databases to check on the immigrants, and they didn’t contact the immigrant’s home country. Plus, the massive inflow of immigrants has overwhelmed the system. The deputy director for ICE blames the “enormous workload” agents face, so they haven’t been able to do even the limited background checks they are doing. There are so many coming in that the government can’t house these immigrants until their backgrounds are properly checked.
ICE processed these criminals as they entered the country, but it didn’t identify them as criminals, so it released them into the country. Now, they are just walking around freely in the United States, and no one knows where they are.
It took more than six months for the Biden administration to finally respond to a congressional request for these numbers. The deputy director for ICE “apologized” for the delay.
As bad as these numbers are, the reality may be even worse. The Biden-Harris administration is cooking the books to make the border crisis not look as bad as it is. For example, in mid-September, retired San Diego Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke testified how the Biden-Harris administration ordered him not to publicize the arrests of illegal border crossers identified as having ties to terrorism.
Democrats quickly pointed out that some of these criminals came in before the Biden administration. But the administration’s letter to Gonzales, the Texas congressman, didn’t provide a breakdown of how many came through under Biden-Harris. The administration policy, with its limited background checks and overwhelmed agents, has a much higher error rate compared with Trump’s Remain-in-Mexico approach. Background checks are ineffective if officials don’t even contact the immigrant’s home country.
Even if illegal immigrants weren’t committing crimes at higher rates than the general population, the American people have a right to expect those entering this country to be screened in order to prevent more murderers, rapists, drug dealers, and thieves from entering the country.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have the authority to call for expedited extradition for criminal illegal aliens in the U.S., but they have only moved to make extradition more difficult.
Originally Published by RealClearPolitics
John R. Lott Jr., an economist, is a political commentator and gun rights advocate who founded the nonprofit Crime Prevention Research Center.
Reprinted with permission from The Daily Signal – By John R. Lott Jr.
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Yes, we do have a right to know if people entering this country are criminals, are harboring some sort of contagious disease, and will depend on us taxpayers for their living expenses.
Who wouldn’t want to come here for the free phones, lodging, meals, clothing, education, and health care? That’s one reason why taxes are going up–to pay for all that stuff the dems want to give them. Giving the illegals amnesty, with all the privileges given to us because we were born here or legally immigrated, guarantees keeping the dems in office forever, they think… but that will change when their efforts backfire. That has already started, with many among the minorities switching their alliance to Trump and Republicans instead of sticking with the democrats. We’re tired of the crime and the grime.
Immigrant crime? Collateral damage to the Left in their efforts to establish a one-party socialist state. This election will be the tipping point.
Sadly until a high ranking democrats family is raped, tortured and/or murdered absolutely nothing will happen to adjust this mess. These hard headed bleeding heart idealists NEED an up front in their face event to get through to the brain cells. Not wishing this on one of their innocent children or grandchildren, but if that is what it takes to save 100s of millions of Americans like you and I, so be it.
Only in Democrat America do we import crime. Thanks for EVERYTHING.
And who let these evil people into our country??
Those orchestrating and directing it are not only free ,surrounded by the security ,but running for the office. Enough sleepwalkers will vote for them.
OK: Let’s elect Trump and Vance, round up and export the illegal aliens, put Biden, Harris and Mayorcas in jail and outlaw the Democrat party!
Easy to quote statistics and talk smack.
OUR CHALLENGE TO TONY GONZALEZ IS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TODAY!!!! CALL ALL YOUR CRONIES BACK FROM BREAK AND GENERATE LEGISLATION TO IMMEDIATELY CLOSE THE SOUTHERN US BORDER ASAP BASED ON A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
YOU DON’T NEED THE PRESIDENT ON BOARD TO DO YOUR FREAKING JOBS. STOP THE ATTACK ON OUR NATION BY THESE CRIMINALS INVADING OUR NATION…. DO IT NOW, ITS A MATTER OF SURVIVAL OF OUR NATION.
Millions of Terrorist and Criminals let in by Dictator Beijing biden and Communist Harris so they can vote Illegally and Unconstitutionally so they can stay in power and control regardless of having zero regards for the United States and Americans. How many more people will die before these Corrupt Cowards do anything? They only care about themselves and power.
Harris still lies about how illegal, mass immigration has affected our crime rate. She lies about inflation, stating that the private sector caused it, and not “Democrat” fiscal policy, including “dollars for votes” giveaways on student loans. She lies about her position on private firearms ownership, and she lies about her ambition to make middle class American citizens wealthier.
All she’s validating are her own dishonesty, and the notion of her susceptibility to bribery while in office… just like her current boss… the scandalously corrupt, Josepth Biden.
On TV the media lies for Biden and Harris they know that there is a lot of bad people they let into this country but they will do anything to get Harris elected she and Biden started this mess and for those that vote for her they need to remember when Taxes go up it will be on there heads for electing her in office and these big money pack people they are just as much liars as the media and Harris and Biden and the rest of the Dems in Washington.
Rather obvious the Dems (politicians, esp the present administration) are working on behalf of the OWO cabal in Europe. OR they are Obama followers who want to destroy this republic & turn it into an oligarchy.
If the Government knows these people are in the USA, why have not they been arresting them and sending them out one by one? This is crazy if we are allowing them to live amonst valid American Citizens. Congress needs to get their act together and pass immigration laws that work then enforce them. Is Judicial Branch listening or starting to graze with one of the political parties?
Wouldn’t it be easier (and a much shorter list) to tell what she hasn’t lied about? Oh yeah, that list would be a blank sheet.
The poor hurricane victims are suffering with little help from the feds because they already looted the available funds to support all these illegals! When will enough be enough?
Americans, those heavily influenced by partisan affiliation, specially when it comes to the Democrat Party are either nonsensical or plain idiots wanting to be bought and paid for their alliance on Taxpayers backs. One works and then is penalized by stupendous taxes both federal and states, who spends on the world at large, and illegals while ignoring the plights of Americans suffering decades in and decades out. The four years of President Trump can only be compared to President Reagan. STRENGTH IS PARAMOUNT ALONG WITH WISE POLICIES, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN.
WEAKNESS OR WORTHLESS POLICIES ARE DISMANTLING OUR REPUBLIC.
The border crossing must have had some background information.