White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked by Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Peter Doocy about the news that tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants in the United States have serious criminal records.
In response to a series of questions about the Border Patrol's numbers, Jean-Pierre claimed it was a “misrepresentation of data.”
“13,000 people have crossed the border illegally, been convicted of murder, and now live among us. So how much danger are American communities currently at risk?” Doocy said. “Is that so?” he said.
“I think it's important to set the record straight here,” she responded. “It has been fact-checked by some of your colleagues here, by multiple news organizations, that it has been misrepresented, that what has been misrepresented here is incorrect. It has been exposed, so we have to call it out.”
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre cited data showing that 13,000 noncitizens facing deportation have been convicted of murder. (Fox News Digital)
Doocy responded, “Can you explain what is a misrepresentation?”
Jean-Pierre responded, “If we're going to report on any data that's out there, we have to do it in a way that doesn't confuse the American people and definitely doesn't lie.”
“If you look at the total revenue and removals over the past year, they are higher than every year under the previous administration since 2010,” she said, adding that the story has been fact-checked and debunked. repeated the claim.
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New data presented to Republican lawmakers showed the number of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal or are in removal proceedings but are not in ICE custody.
Of the 7.4 million people on this record, 425,431 have been convicted and 222,141 have criminal charges pending.
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According to the latest data, 62,231 people have convictions for assault, 14,301 have convictions for robbery, 56,533 have drug convictions, and This includes 13,099 people convicted of murder. A further 2,521 people have been convicted of kidnapping and 15,811 people have been convicted of sexual assault. There are also 1,845 people with murder charges pending, 42,915 with assault charges, 3,266 with robbery charges, and 4,250 with assault charges.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement denying this number, saying:[The data] This includes individuals who have entered the country over the past 40 years…as well as many who are under the jurisdiction of our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners or who are currently incarcerated. ”
FOX News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
