Immigration Officials: Nearly 80,000 People Approved For DACA Had Arrest Records, Many For Violent CrimesCBS News 12/1/2019
As the Supreme Court continues to weigh the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, U.S. immigration officials have released a new report revealing the arrest records of many immigrants who were approved for DACA -- including thousands in New York and New Jersey.
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, just under 80,000 of the country's DACA recipients were approved despite having at least one arrest prior to applying for the program. Of those arrests, thousands were for violent crimes including murder, assault, and various sex crimes.
USCIS reports that -- of the 79,398 people approved for DACA after being arrested -- over 3,300 had been charged with assault, over 300 faced sexual abuse or rape charges, and 15 DACA requestors were approved despite being arrested for murder.
See The Full Report HereThe Nov. 16 report does not detail who was arrested for which crime in each state however, USCIS says between 2,500 and 10,000 New York residents had an arrest record when they filed for immigration protection. Those arrest numbers were the same for DACA requestors from New Jersey.
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