Previously we have reported that the Biden Administration has done a poor job of deporting illegal aliens who have committed major crimes. This is ironic because the administration claims that it wants to focus resources on removing dangerous criminals, even if it means that other illegal aliens will face little threat of deportation.
Recently released data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirms this failure of enforcement. It’s from fiscal 2022, the first full year of the Biden Administration. Comparing it with fiscal 2018, the first full year of the Trump Administration reveals the following:
- 66 percent decrease in arrests of criminal aliens
- 73 percent decrease in at-large arrests of criminal aliens
- 56 percent decrease in detainer requests issued on criminal aliens
- 74 percent decrease in deportations of criminal aliens
- 70 percent decrease in immigration-related criminal prosecutions
Commenting on these statistics, John Feere of the Center for Immigration Studies, observed that “[T]the Biden administration has gutted immigration enforcement across the board and has arrested and removed fewer illegal aliens — with and without criminal records — than the Trump administration. Public safety and national security have been significantly undermined by the Biden administration’s reckless policies and the threats the administration has created will continue to be felt for many years to come.”
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