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On 29 Jun 2025, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some news:103sf1h$7jn$1@panix3.panix.com:

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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement told a Texas border lawmaker this week that 435,000
undocumented migrants with criminal convictions have been released by the agency to cities around the United States.

ICE Deputy Director Patrick Lechleitner sent a letter Wednesday to U.S.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, saying as of July 21, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on the agency’s non-detained docket (NDD), meaning they are not detained while they await immigration
proceedings.

“Of those, 435,719 are convicted criminals, and 226,847 have pending
criminal charges,” Lechleitner wrote.

The letter was sent after Gonzales in March asked the Department of
Homeland Security for data on migrants with criminal backgrounds. Gonzales
is a member of the GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee.

“The data released by ICE is beyond disturbing, and it should be a wake-up call for the Biden-Harris administration and cities across the country
that hide behind sanctuary policies,” Gonzales said Friday. “It’s time for
Washington to move past rhetoric and toward results. Americans deserve to
feel safe in their communities.

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On Friday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, of
Tennessee, called the new information “shocking.”

“It may be shocking to hear that the Biden-Harris administration is
actively releasing tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens into our communities, but their own numbers conclusively prove this to be the case.
This defies all common sense,” Green said in a statement.

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“DHS law enforcement has been directed to mass-release illegal aliens whom they know have criminal convictions or are facing charges for serious crimes—and these dangerous, destructive individuals are making their way
into every city and state in this country. How many more Americans need to
die or be victimized before this administration is forced to abide by the
laws they swore to uphold? This is madness. It is something no civilized, well-functioning society should tolerate,” Green said.

According to Lechleitner, 62,231 noncitizens with criminal convictions for assault currently are not detained by ICE and have been released; 42,915
have pending assault charges. The agency currently is holding 2,348
noncitizens who have been convicted of assault and 1,498 who have pending charges.

The agency also has released 15,811 who have been convicted of sexual
assault, 56,533 noncitizens convicted of drug possession, and 2,521 who
have been convicted on kidnapping, according to the letter.

https://www.borderreport.com/wp- content/uploads/sites/28/2024/09/Lechleitner-letter.png?w=640

https://www.borderreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2025/06/24-01143- ICEs-Signed-Response-to-Representative-Tony-Gonzales.pdf

Lechleitner blames some of the releases on law enforcement in “sanctuary cities” not cooperating with ICE.

“Some jurisdictions have reduced their cooperation with ICE, to include refusal to honor ICE detainer requests, even for noncitizens who have been convicted of serious felonies and pose an ongoing threat to public safety.
ICE recognizes that some jurisdictions are concerned that cooperating with federal immigration officials will erode trust with immigrant communities
and make it harder for local law enforcement to serve those populations. However, ‘sanctuary’ policies can end up shielding dangerous criminals,
who often victimize those same communities,” Lechleitner wrote.

He also called the nation’s immigration system “broken” and said Congress needs to better fund DHS.

Gonzales said that as an Appropriator, he vows to ensure ICE has the
resources necessary to deport noncitizens with a criminal record

“This must be a priority,” he said. “The Biden-Harris administration also plays a part in cleaning up the mess their failed policies have created.
They have the ear of sanctuary city mayors — it’s time to encourage them
to reverse course and put the safety of American citizens first.”

Lechleitner said that under the Biden administration, DHS is removing and returning “record numbers of migrants who are unable to establish a legal basis to remain in the United States and prioritizing for removal those
who present national security and public safety risks and recent border crossers.”

Since May 2023 through July, DHS has removed or returned nearly 900,000 individuals, he says.

He added that ICE is not allowed to release certain noncitizens from the agency’s custody including those convicted of homicide. Other cases are determined “on a case-by-case basis and take into account the individual
case circumstances, primarily considering risk of flight, national
security threat, and threat to public safety,” he wrote.

ICE has the capacity to hold 41,500 noncitizens in Fiscal Year 2024, which
is up from 34,000 in Fiscal Year 2023.

https://www.wboy.com/news/national/ice-released-over-435000-migrants-with- criminal-convictions-data-shows/

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