Following alarming reports that the Biden administration is allowing other countries to push prisoners into the United States interior, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is investigating the administration’s plan to release illegal aliens in US prisons into the interior rather than deporting them back to their countries of origin.
Moody filed a Freedom of Information Act request Monday with the Department of Homeland Security, seeking records on any Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials’ decisions to cancel detainers or decline to take custody or deport illegal aliens after they are released from U.S. prisons.
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“The Biden administration has full knowledge that prisoners from other countries are making their way into the United States through our wide-open border. Now, we are demanding to know reasons why the Biden administration is releasing criminal illegal aliens in U.S. prisons directly into the interior, rather than deporting them back to their country of origin. This reckless scheme could have disastrous and serious repercussions, and the American people deserve to know,” said Moody.
According to a recent congressional report, the Biden administration removed over 60% fewer illegal aliens with convictions and charges in fiscal year 2023 compared to FY2019.
In 2023 alone, US Customs and Border Patrol faced hundreds of illegal aliens with prior criminal convictions for assault, rape, and murder.
Along with violent criminal immigrants escaping to the United States, Venezuela has now refused to accept deportations. Venezuela’s violent mortality rate has fallen to its lowest level in over two decades.
There have been many alarming examples of crimes committed by illegal aliens, including the tragic murder of University of Georgia student Laken Riley.
Moody recently urged the U.S. Senate to pass the Laken Riley Act, requiring the detention of any illegal alien charged with burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.
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Arrests of Noncitizens with Criminal Convictions
The term “criminal noncitizens” refers to individuals who have been convicted of one or more crimes, whether in the United States or abroad, prior to interdiction by the U.S. Border Patrol; it does not include convictions for conduct that is not deemed criminal by the United States.
Arrests of criminal noncitizens are a subset of total apprehensions by U.S. Border Patrol.
| Arrest Type | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Border Patrol Criminal Noncitizen Arrests | 8,531 | 6,698 | 4,269 | 2,438 | 10,763 | 12,028 | 15,267 | 5,616 |
Total Criminal Convictions by Type
This table organizes nationwide convictions of criminal noncitizens by type of criminal conduct. Because some criminal noncitizens may be convicted of multiple criminal offenses, total convictions listed below exceed the total arrests noted in the table above.
| Conviction Type | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assault, Battery, Domestic Violence | 692 | 524 | 299 | 208 | 1,178 | 1,142 | 1,254 | 372 |
| Burglary, Robbery, Larceny, Theft, Fraud | 595 | 347 | 184 | 143 | 825 | 896 | 864 | 236 |
| Driving Under the Influence | 1,596 | 1,113 | 614 | 364 | 1,629 | 1,614 | 2,493 | 935 |
| Homicide, Manslaughter | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 62 | 29 | 14 |
| Illegal Drug Possession, Trafficking | 1,249 | 871 | 449 | 386 | 2,138 | 2,239 | 2,055 | 536 |
| Illegal Entry, Re-Entry | 4,502 | 3,920 | 2,663 | 1,261 | 6,160 | 6,797 | 8,790 | 3,517 |
| Illegal Weapons Possession, Transport, Trafficking | 173 | 106 | 66 | 49 | 336 | 309 | 307 | 80 |
| Sexual Offenses | 137 | 80 | 58 | 156 | 488 | 365 | 284 | 73 |
| Other1 | 1,851 | 1,364 | 814 | 580 | 2,691 | 2,891 | 3,286 | 1,072 |
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