Jayapal Says Majority of DHS Arrestees Posed No Threat as ICE Hit 51,000 August Arrests
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 16
Jayapal Says Majority of DHS Arrestees Posed No Threat as ICE Hit 51,000 August Arrests
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 16
Summary
At a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, Rep. Pramila Jayapal said that for the first time this summer most people arrested by DHS posed “absolutely no threat to public safety.”
Jayapal argued the Trump administration has shifted enforcement toward immigrants without criminal convictions or pending charges, while arrests of people with criminal convictions have decreased.
Her office said Sept. 1 that ICE arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions or pending charges had risen 770%, and independent analyses similarly found their share increased even as overall ICE arrests hit record highs.
DHS says ICE arrested nearly 51,000 illegal immigrants in August — a monthly record and the third straight monthly high — and highlighted arrests of people convicted of crimes including murder, child pornography and sexual assault of a minor.
The clash underscores competing narratives around Trump’s immigration crackdown, which DHS says has coincided with more than 3 million illegal immigrants leaving the United States since he returned to office.