More than 13,000 immigrants convicted of homicide are living outside immigration detention in the U.S., ICE says
Two law enforcement officials said many of those migrants crossed into the U.S. under previous administrations, and that the total includes people serving U.S. prison sentences.
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Sept. 28, 2024, 9:30 AM EDT / Updated Sept. 28, 2024, 3:50 PM EDT
By Julia Ainsley, Laura Strickler and Gabe Gutierrez
More than 13,000 immigrants convicted of homicide — either in the United States or abroad — are living outside of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, according to data ICE provided to Congress earlier this week.
The immigrants are part of ICE’s “non-detained” docket, meaning the agency has some information on the immigrants and they have pending immigration cases in the U.S., but they are not currently in detention either because they are not prioritized for detention, they are serving time in a jail or prison for their crimes, or because ICE cannot find them, three law enforcement officials said.
Two of the officials said it is not known how many are incarcerated because ICE is not always privy to that data from state and local law enforcement agencies.
Acting ICE Director P.J. Lechleitner sent the data, collected as of July 21, as part of a request sent in March from Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas.
https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/13000-immigrants-convicted-homicide-living-freely-us-ice-data-rcna173125
