Less Than 10% of Immigrants Targeted By ICE Have Serious Criminal Conviction

Donald Trump claims he's targeting criminals, but less than 10% of immigrants targeted have a serious criminal conviction.

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Less than 10% of immigrants being targeted even have a serious criminal conviction. This fact flies in the face of the Trump administration’s constant messaging and false claims about targeting violent criminals.

“Less than 10% of the roughly 185,000 people booked into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody from October 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025, have been convicted of serious crimes like murder, rape, assault or robbery,” CNN reported.

(I)nternal government documents obtained by CNN show that only a fraction of migrants booked into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since October have been convicted of serious violent or sexual crimes.

More than 75% of people booked into ICE custody in fiscal year 2025 had no criminal conviction other than an immigration or traffic-related offense, according to ICE records from October through the end of May. And less than 10% …