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removed (often in absentia), but who have not left. Of these, 167,527 are convicted
criminals.
Other ICE records show that, despite ICE Director Sarah Saldana's insistence that they
are working hard to find at-large criminal aliens, few are in fact being caught. As of April
2015, ICE had arrested only 11,983 of the 168,000 at-large convicted criminal aliens
so they are not making much of a dent in the criminal fugitive population.
The Obama administration continues to practice catch and release of criminal aliens to
this day. According to ICE records, in the first six months of this fiscal year, ICE officers
encountered approximately 47,000 aliens labeled a criminal threat, but took
enforcement action against only about 19,000.
It's not as if ICE has nowhere to put the criminal aliens that officers encounter (most of
whom are referred to the agency after arrest or conviction on local or state charges).
ICE is allowing 20 percent of its detention capacity to go unused. Halfway through the
fiscal year, the agency was detaining an average of 27,400 per day, in defiance of a
congressional mandate to detain 34,000.
Deportations of criminal aliens continue to decline, just as overall deportations are at
their lowest level in several years.
In addition to the criminal releases, ICE routinely does not living up to its responsibilities
as a law enforcement agency that claims to prioritize public safety. ICE's victim
notification system is kept under a bushel, with few victims aware of it, and no concerted
agency effort to conduct outreach to victims. ICE is also taking its sweet time in
launching a notification system for local law enforcement agencies that would make
them aware of the thousands of offenders being turned back onto the streets. In
contrast, ICE is extremely diligent at protecting the privacy of criminal alien offenders.
Contact: Marguerite Telford
202-466-8185, mrt@cis.org