On the menu today: In one of the most jaw-dropping Friday-afternoon news dumps of all time, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed that the agency’s docket included more than 662,000 illegal immigrants who either had a criminal conviction or were awaiting a verdict in a criminal case, including more than 13,000 convicted murderers, more than 15,000 convicted of sexual assault, more than 2,500 convicted of kidnapping, and more than 62,000 convicted of assault. (Note that it’s been more than a decade since the Senate confirmed a new ICE director.) Also: a list of trustworthy organizations that are helping out victims of Hurricane Helene, and an overlooked chat about fiction and nonfiction writing.
As of July, 662,566 Illegal Immigrants on ICE’s Docket Have a Criminal History
Back in mid March, GOP representative Tony Gonzales, who represents a district covering much of the southwestern border of Texas, asked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for “information on illegal immigrants on ICE’s docket to better understand how many potential criminals were being released into our communities.”
It took nearly six months, but ICE ...
