More than 13,000 non-detained illegal immigrants with homicide convictions in U.S., ICE says

There are more than 13,000 non-detained illegal immigrants convicted of homicide currently inside the U.S., according to a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official.

According to a letter ICE Deputy Director Patrick Lechleitner sent to Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, with statistics on non-detained non-citizens with criminal convictions still inside the U.S. 

Non-detained citizens include those apprehended at the border and released as well as those currently involved in immigration court proceedings.

The letter, released on Friday, states that there are 13,099 non-detained non-citizens with murder convictions, 15,811 with sexual offense convictions and 425,431 convicted criminals.

There are 222,141 total non-detained non-citizens with pending criminal charges. Of that total, there are 1,845 with homicide charges and 4,250 with pending sexual assault charges.

Former President Trump reacted to the statistics on social media.

"I've been saying this from the beginning of the Harris-Biden Administration, as soon as I learned they opened the Borders. Nobody who has allowed this to happen to our Country is fit to be President of the United States!" he wrote.

"Bad timing for her to show up to the Border today, after not going for four years. Why didn't she release these numbers earlier?" he added.

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, R-Tenn., said the statistics demonstrate that the release of illegal immigrants from the border into the U.S. defies common sense.
 
“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," he said in a statement on Friday.

"Under President Biden and his ‘border czar,’ Vice President Harris, 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," he added.