Arizona crime statistics finger immigrants
Thousands of acts traced to foreigners, US data indicate
Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:15 am
By KATIE CAMPBELL Staff Writer
FLORENCE — Limited data released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reveal 271 criminal illegal immigrants have been freed in Arizona since 2013, and that total does not include those yet to be released in the second half of this year.
While that number represents little more than half of an estimated 500 criminal immigrants released in Pinal County in February 2013 alone, those accounted for in a recent Freedom of Information Act request are reportedly responsible for 2,533 separate criminal charges, less than 150 of which were eventually dropped or dismissed.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who whistleblowers previously told about the alleged 500 released in 2013 alone, said he does not believe the number now revealed by ICE, which denied releasing anyone when Babeu made inquires for himself.
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