There are more than 58,000 undocumented immigrants with convicted felonies and criminal charges in New York City, and nearly 670,000 people roaming the United States, an astonishing Post has learned. This has been revealed by new data.
According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, of the 759,218 illegal border crossers known to federal authorities in the Big Apple as of November 17, an astonishing 58,626 (7.7%) had prior convictions. He is said to have received a criminal complaint or is facing criminal charges. Enforcement agency data.
Of the 58,626 immigrants with rap sheets, 1,053, or nearly 2%, are “suspected or known gang members,” authorities said.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) blamed this alarming statistic on the lax anti-crime and lax border policies promoted by President Biden and other Democrats.
“It's shocking that Democrats will go to great lengths to harbor gang members, drug traffickers and other criminals who are in our country illegally,” said Malliotakis, the only Republican representing the left-wing Big Apple. ” he said.
“In many cases, they have provided them with shelter, food, and medical care. New Yorkers need to stop spending their hard-earned tax dollars protecting the criminals who wreak havoc on our streets and instead work with ICE to deport them. ”
Malliotakis also said he has been trying to obtain similar data from the NYPD through a Freedom of Information Act request since earlier this year, “but they continue to obstruct.”
Nationally, the numbers are similarly grim.
Of the approximately 7.8 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, 662,586, or 8.6%, are either convicted criminals or under indictment, according to ICE data through July 21. It is unclear how many people are suspected to be gang members.
Kenneth Gennaro, director of ICE's New York office, told the Post last week that he wants to get additional resources to remove criminal immigrants.
Last week, in an exclusive front-page article in the Post, he estimated the number of immigrant criminals to be in the thousands, while also saying that New York state's sanctuary law means many of them are being rounded up and deported under his watch. He said he was “dissatisfied” with the lack of it. .
In his first interview since Republican Donald Trump was elected president, Gennaro said if things stay the same, “it's going to take a lifetime to rid New York City of criminals.”
The Big Apple alone has seen an influx of more than 223,000 immigrants since the migrant crisis began in spring 2022, with at least 58,000 still being cared for by taxpayers in city-funded shelters. There is.
“These numbers reveal what everyone except our elected officials already knows: Sanctuary city laws protect criminals, not law-abiding citizens.” It puts New Yorkers at risk,” Queens Democratic moderate City Councilman Robert Holden said of the new ICE. data.
City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) said he was “shocked and appalled, but not surprised” to learn how many criminal immigrants roam the streets of Gotham. said.
“What do criminals do?” Borrelli said. “They run away somewhere else.”
He also blamed the Biden administration's weak border control policies.
“Democrats, from top to bottom, must be accountable to each and every one of these criminals and fiscally responsible to compensate the victims of their crimes,” he said.
In 2014, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio worked with the City Council to sign a bill that prohibits the NYPD from working with federal immigration authorities to remove dangerous immigrants from the United States.
And in 2018, the avowed Marxist took another step forward by issuing citywide guidelines and new NYPD protocols to codify the Big Apple's policy of not cooperating with the federal government.
This amendment had serious consequences. Murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, killed by an illegal immigrant who was released from New York City custody on child endangerment charges, would still be alive if woke rules had not been enforced. That's a possibility, critics told the Post.
In June, Mr. Holden and Mr. Borelli co-sponsored a bill to repeal immigrant-friendly sanctuary laws that limit the New York City Police Department's ability to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration matters, but it stalled in front of the far-left majority in Congress.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has repeatedly called for loosening sanctuary rules, as immigrants “suspected” of “serious” crimes could also be turned over to ICE. He also argues that the law doesn't have the political support it needs from the City Council.
But Holden doesn't buy the excuse that it's completely out of the mayor's hands.
Voters argued Friday that “City Hall refuses to take action,” and that the Charter Revision Commission appointed by Adams will spend the summer asking voters to decide the issue, including him, Borrelli and others. He pointed out responsibility for ignoring requests from like-minded polling stations and citizens. Poll question.
By law, the commission is supposed to make decisions independently and with input from New Yorkers, including elected officials.
Holden sent letters last week to Mayor Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul, City Council President Adrian Adams and State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in support of the stalled bill, but had not received any responses as of Friday. He said no.
“Mayor Adams has repeatedly stated that while we continue to respect our city's sanctuary laws, we need to have serious conversations with the small number of people in our city who repeatedly commit violent crimes and the consequences they face,” Mayor Adams said in a statement. he said. Mamelak.
“We also have to fix this country's failed border policies that got us to this place.”
