'Non-Detained' Illegal Migrants have a convicted homicide rate 13 times higher than U.S.: Report

A new report based on data from the U.S. Department of Justice suggests that crimes committed by illegal migrants cost U.S. taxpayers at least $166.5 billion, and the severity of those crimes greatly exceeds that of typical American norms. 

The report was written by Dr. John R. Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center and is based on data from the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ), according to The Tennessee Star. 

In September, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed in a letter to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, that as of July 21, 2024, there are 662,566 illegal migrants with criminal histories on the Non-Detained Docket (NDD), which means they are living freely in this country.

Of the 662,566 illegal migrants, a total of 435,719 on the docket – more than 65 percent – are documented to have criminal convictions in their home countries while another 226,847 have pending criminal charges, according to the outlet. 

FBI crime statistics show that in 2023 the rate of convicted killers in the NDD alone is more than 13 times that of the rate of reported homicides when compared to American crimes.

Out of the total crimes committed by the migrants on the docket, 14,944 – or 2.25 percent – are homicides; 20,061 are sexual assaults, 105,146 are assaults, 126,343 are traffic offenses, and 60,268 are burglaries, larcenies, or robberies, according to Dr. Lott’s research.

The financial cost of crimes committed by the illegal aliens on the NDD is estimated at $166.5 billion, with the largest share of $153.8 billion coming from murder, according to Lott’s report.  

“The estimate of over $160 billion in costs from criminal illegal aliens is very likely an underestimate of the true costs. It assumes the average criminal coming into the country commits only one offense similar to what he committed in his home country. We are also not counting the costs of half of criminal illegal aliens,” Lott wrote.