Noncitizen Crimes in a Conservative Utah County
Murder, child rape, and more – much of it the fault of lax immigration enforcement
By Ronald W. Mortensen on October 17, 2024
In response to a request by Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported that as of July 21, 2024, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s national docket, which includes those detained by ICE, and on the agency’s non-detained docket. Of those, 435,719 are convicted criminals, and 226,847 have pending criminal charges and 13,099 are criminally convicted murders.
Once in the United States, individuals with criminal histories or criminal proclivities go anywhere they wish – even to very red and very conservative Utah County in the sanctuary state of Utah.
Just south of Salt Lake City, Utah County is the home of the city of Provo. A records request (separate from Rep. Gonzalez's request) for the number of individuals booked into the Utah County Jail with ICE holds from May 2021 to March 2024 revealed that there were 234 separate bookings of individuals with ICE holds during that time. (See the records provided by the Utah County Sheriff's Office at the end of this post.) These individuals were booked on charges ranging from operating a vehicle without a license or insurance (60) to manslaughter/murder (5). Perhaps most alarming was the prevalence of charges of crimes against children (50) including rape, sodomy, kidnapping, battery, exploitation, endangerment, etc. There were also 20 charges for domestic violence in the presence of a child.
https://cis.org/Mortensen/Noncitizen-Crimes-Conservative-Utah-County
