There are about 60,000 illegal aliens in New York City who have been convicted of a felony or face criminal charges, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data through Nov. 17.
The data obtained by new york postOf the 759,218 undocumented immigrants residing in sanctuary cities, 58,626 have prior convictions or pending charges, making them the largest undocumented immigrant population in New York City. It was revealed that it accounted for 7.7%.
“New Yorkers should stop spending their hard-earned tax dollars protecting criminals who wreak havoc on our streets.”
Furthermore, of these 58,626 people, 1,153 are reportedly “suspects or known gang members.”
More than 223,000 migrants have arrived in New York City since spring 2022, and approximately 58,000 continue to rely on taxpayer-funded shelters.
ICE data through July 21 further reveals that of the approximately 7.8 million illegal aliens in the United States, 662,586, or 8.6%, have been convicted of a crime or have charges pending. It became. Authorities reportedly did not provide detailed information on how many of these individuals were affiliated with gangs.
According to the paper, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (RN.Y.) responded to the report by saying that President Joe Biden and other Democratic leaders' lenient crime policies and open border stance are to blame for the situation. Ta.
“It's shocking that Democrats go out of their way to harbor gang members, drug traffickers and other criminals who are in our country illegally,” Malliotakis told the news outlet.
“In many cases, they have provided them with housing, food and medical care,” she continued. “New Yorkers need to stop spending their hard-earned tax dollars protecting the criminals wreaking havoc on our streets and instead work with ICE to deport them.”
Congressman Tom Suozzi (New York) said: post He said he would work with President-elect Donald Trump's administration to rid the city of criminal illegal immigrants.
“I support the deportation of criminals and will work with the next administration to achieve that goal. I will also secure our borders, repair our broken asylum system, and ensure legal immigration.” We need to modernize it.”
New York City Councilman Robert Holden (D) previously expressed support for eliminating the city's current sanctuary policy, which protects criminals from ICE agents.
In November, he sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams (D), Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), and other city and state leaders urging them to reconsider their support for the city's sanctuary status. did.
In response to ICE's latest data, Holden told the Post, “These numbers reveal what everyone except our elected officials already knows: Sanctuary city laws are “Rather than protecting law-abiding citizens, they are putting New Yorkers at risk by protecting criminals.”
In an unexpected change, Hochul last week pledged to “report criminal illegal aliens to ICE first.”
“Mayor Adams has repeatedly said that while we continue to respect the city's sanctuary laws, we need to have a serious conversation about the small number of people who repeatedly commit violent crimes in our city,” a spokesperson for Adams' office told the Post. '' he said. The consequences they face. ”
“We must also fix this country's failed border policies that got us to this place,” the spokesperson added.
Kenneth Gennaro, head of ICE's New York City field office, warned that it would “take a lifetime” to deport the city's criminal illegal aliens.
He told the Post that such an effort would require “additional resources” to his office, which investigates thousands of cases each day.
“The reality is that I have to focus all of my resources on the worst, worst, most egregious offenders. All I can say is that we have leads that we work on every day. And it's not just a few hundred people,” Gennaro explained. .
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