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Political Factoid
Extracts from report by fact checker at
CBS News Confirmed:
- President-elect Donald Trump's appointed "border
czar" Tom Homan said there are "over 1.5
million convicted criminal aliens in this country
with orders for removal who we'll be looking for."
-- [emphasis added]
- The Trump transition team has said this number
includes some migrants who have crossed into
the country illegally, although they are not
considered "convicted criminal aliens."
-- [emphasis added]
- House Speaker Mike Johnson has claimed in
recent weeks that the number of migrants
apprehended for committing violent crimes
specifically is "by some counts, as many as 3 or
4 million people."
-- [emphasis added]
- On Nov. 14, for example, Homan told
NewsNation, "authorities have identified more
than 700,000 undocumented immigrants with
criminal convictions."
-- [emphasis added]
- ICE's national docket, which tracks immigrants
facing deportation proceedings, listed roughly
660,000 noncitizens with criminal histories,
including 436,000 convicted criminals and
227,000 with pending criminal charges.
-- [emphasis added]
- Many of the people ICE tracks remain
incarcerated and can be deported only after
serving their sentences.
-- [emphasis added]
- As of 2022, there were roughly 24.5 million
noncitizens -- including at least 11 million
unauthorized immigrants and 13.5 million
people who are lawful permanent residents or
temporary lawful residents, according to
estimates by Pew Research Center based on the
latest Census data.
-- [emphasis added]
- Some criminal noncitizens remain in the U.S. for
years because they come from countries that
don't accept or limit U.S. deportations,
including Cuba, Venezuela, and China.
-- [emphasis added]
- Others are legally protected from deportation
under United Nations convention because they
face a credible threat of torture if they return to
their home countries.
-- [emphasis added]
- Available studies suggest that undocumented
migrants are incarcerated less frequently than
native-born Americans.
-- [emphasis added]
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