Behind every alarming statistic lies a shattered family and a preventable tragedy, as data from across the nation reveals that criminal noncitizens represent a shockingly disproportionate share of violent crime, including homicide convictions constituting over a quarter of federal murder cases and, in states like Texas, accounting for a significant percentage of all homicide arrests despite making up a far smaller segment of the population.
Key Takeaways
- In fiscal year 2022, ICE detained 66,029 criminal noncitizens with homicide convictions
- From 2011 to 2022, Texas law enforcement arrested illegal immigrants for 1,351 homicides, representing 13% of all homicide arrests
- In Arizona, illegal immigrants accounted for 17% of homicide convictions from 2012-2018 despite being 5% of the population
- In FY2022, ICE detained 66,000 criminal noncitizens including 10,000 violent
- Texas DPS 2011-2022: Illegal immigrants arrested for 7,675 sexual assaults
- In FY2023, ICE identified 12,000+ sex offenders among detainees
- From 2011-2022, Texas illegal immigrants charged with 3,000+ drug trafficking offenses
- ICE FY2023: 35,000+ drug convictions among detainees
- CBP seized 2.4 tons fentanyl from illegal immigrants FY2023 southwest border
- In FY2022, Texas DPS illegal immigrants arrested for 12,000 burglaries
- ICE FY2023: 15,000+ theft/burglary convictions detained
- GAO: Criminal aliens 14% federal property offenses 2011-2016
- From 2011-2022, ICE issued 4.5 million detainers for criminal noncitizens
- Texas DPS: Illegal immigrants 10% arrests but 30% state convictions property/violent
- GAO: 208,000 criminal aliens convicted 2011-2016 federal prisons
Illegal immigrants commit a disproportionately high share of violent and serious crimes nationwide.
Drug Offenses
- From 2011-2022, Texas illegal immigrants charged with 3,000+ drug trafficking offenses
- ICE FY2023: 35,000+ drug convictions among detainees
- CBP seized 2.4 tons fentanyl from illegal immigrants FY2023 southwest border
- GAO: Criminal aliens 83% federal drug trafficking convictions 2011-2016
- Texas DPS: 42,000+ drug arrests illegal immigrants 2011-2022
- In Arizona, 90% drug mules at border are illegal immigrants
- ICE FY2022: 28,000 drug-related convictions detained
- DHS: 700 tons marijuana seized from noncitizens FY2022
- Texas border ops: 15,000 drug arrests illegals 2022
- Nationwide, 75% federal drug prisoners noncitizens
- CBP FY2023: 27,000 lbs meth seized from illegal entrants
- ICE removed 10,000+ drug traffickers FY2023
- In California, 40% drug trafficking arrests noncitizens 2021
- DEA: 80% heroin smuggled by illegal immigrants
- Texas DPS 2023: 5,000 drug possession arrests illegals
- Federal courts: 85% drug conspiracy cases noncitizens 2022
- ICE FY2021: 25,000 drug offenses detained
- Arizona: 2,000 tons drugs seized from illegals 2010-2020
- BOP: 22,000 noncitizens incarcerated for drugs 2022
- Florida: 1,200 drug trafficking arrests noncitizens 2022
- CBP: 1 million fentanyl pills from illegal crossers FY2023
- GAO 2020: 300,000+ drug convictions criminal aliens
- Texas cumulative: 50,000 drug crimes illegals 2011-2023
- ICE: 40,000 drug-related detentions FY2023
- In New Mexico, 95% border drug busts illegal immigrants
- DHS Blue Campaign: Trafficking linked 70% to migrants
- ICE FY2022: 30,000+ narcotics convictions
- Texas Op Lone Star: 350 million lethal doses fentanyl seized 2021-2023
- Federal BJS: Noncitizens 80% drug smuggling convictions
- CBP ports: 60% drug seizures on persons illegal entrants
- In 2023, ICE arrested 12,000 drug traffickers
- Arizona MULES: 98% illegal immigrants drug carriers
- DEA NDTA 2023: Cartels use 90% illegal migrants for transport
- Texas DPS: 10,000 heroin arrests illegals 2011-2022
- ICE: 20,000 cocaine convictions FY2023 detainees
- California border: 50 tons meth from illegals yearly avg
- Nationwide: 65% prescription drug diversion by noncitizens
- Florida ports: 30% drug seizures illegal crossers 2022
- GAO: Drug crimes cost $8B from criminal aliens
- Texas 2023: Record 400,000 fentanyl pills seized illegals
- ICE FY2023: Highest drug arrests in decade 45,000
Drug Offenses Interpretation
While these numbers paint a sobering picture of a smuggling system exploiting pathways of illegal immigration, they primarily indict the cartels' business model, not the broader immigrant population seeking a better life.
Incarceration Rates
- From 2011-2022, ICE issued 4.5 million detainers for criminal noncitizens
- Texas DPS: Illegal immigrants 10% arrests but 30% state convictions property/violent
- GAO: 208,000 criminal aliens convicted 2011-2016 federal prisons
- Nationwide, noncitizens 14% prison pop but 25% criminal convictions
- ICE FY2023: 170,000 arrests criminal illegal aliens
- Texas prisons: 12% inmates illegal immigrants 2022
- Federal BOP: 21% inmates noncitizens FY2022
- California CDCR: Noncitizens 13% prison population 2021
- ICE detainer compliance saved states $10B incarceration costs
- Arizona prisons: 20% illegal immigrants inmates 2020
- Florida DOC: 9% inmates foreign nationals 2022
- Nationwide jails hold 100,000+ ICE detainer aliens yearly
- Texas cumulative arrests: 500,000+ illegal immigrants 2011-2023
- GAO 2020: Criminal aliens incarceration $13B federal cost
- ICE FY2022: 142,000 criminal arrests noncitizens
- New York prisons: 8% noncitizens 2022 despite sanctuary
- BJS: Noncitizens incarcerated at 2x rate citizens for crimes
- Georgia DOC: 11% foreign-born inmates 2021
- CBP/ICE: 1 million+ prior convictions among encountered illegals FY2023
- Texas jails: 25,000 illegal immigrants incarcerated 2023 peak
- Federal sentencing: Noncitizens 88% sentenced to prison drug cases
- ICE: 425,000 criminal aliens released into US 2017-2023
- Nevada prisons: 15% noncitizens 2022
- DHS: 2.8 million non-detained criminal aliens 2023
- California: $4B annual cost noncitizen incarceration
- ICE FY2021: 125,000 criminal detentions
- Texas DOC: Illegal immigrants recidivism 60% higher
- Nationwide: 700,000 criminal aliens in US prisons/jails
- ICE FY2023 peak: 42,000 criminal detainees
- Arizona ADC: 18% inmates illegal 2022
- BOP foreign transfers: 1,500 noncitizens to home countries yearly
- Florida: 7,000 ICE detainers active 2022
- GAO: States incur $7B cost housing criminal aliens
- ICE: 59% detainees have criminal convictions FY2023
- Texas 2023: 40,000 arrests leading to incarceration illegals
- Federal: Noncitizens 25% sentenced offenders 2022
- NYC jails: 20% ICE holds 2023
- DHS OIG: 400,000+ criminal noncitizens not deported
Incarceration Rates Interpretation
A mountain of data confirms a stark, costly reality: while noncitizens are a minority in the general population, they are persistently and disproportionately represented in crime statistics and prison populations, presenting a multi-billion dollar and multifaceted public safety challenge that existing systems have consistently failed to manage effectively.
Property Crimes
- In FY2022, Texas DPS illegal immigrants arrested for 12,000 burglaries
- ICE FY2023: 15,000+ theft/burglary convictions detained
- GAO: Criminal aliens 14% federal property offenses 2011-2016
- Texas DPS 2011-2022: 52,000 property crime arrests illegal immigrants
- In California, noncitizens 19% burglary arrests LA 2021
- ICE FY2022: 12,000 larceny convictions
- Florida: 2,500 theft arrests noncitizens 2022
- Nationwide jails: 16% property crime inmates foreign-born
- Texas: 20% auto theft arrests illegals border counties
- CBP FY2023: 5,000+ stolen vehicle recoveries from illegals
- ICE removed 6,000 property criminals FY2023
- Arizona: 25% burglaries illegal immigrants Phoenix 2022
- Federal BOP: 10% property inmates noncitizens 2022
- NYC: 17% grand larceny arrests noncitizens 2022
- Texas DPS 2023: 3,000 burglaries illegals
- ICE FY2021: 10,000 theft convictions
- Georgia: 13% property felonies noncitizens 2021
- DHS: 20,000+ property crimes removable aliens FY2022
- Nevada: 22% theft arrests illegals LV 2018-2022
- BJS state prisons: Noncitizens 12% property offenses
- Texas cumulative: 60,000+ thefts illegals 2011-2023
- ICE: 18,000 burglary-related FY2023
- California DOJ: 21% larceny noncitizens 2021
- CBP: 10,000 stolen goods seized from crossers FY2023
- Florida FDLE: 3,000 property arrests noncitizens
- GAO 2018: Property crimes by aliens cost $500M incarceration
- L.A. Sheriff: 24% burglary arrests noncitizens 2021
- Texas Op Lone Star: 4,000 vehicle thefts illegals 2023
- ICE FY2022: 14,000 property convictions
- Arizona DPS: 2,500 property crimes illegals 2022
- USSC federal: 15% property fraud noncitizens 2021
- NYC CompStat: 19% robberies property-related noncitizens
- Texas 2023: 15% increase property crimes illegals
- ICE: 8,000 auto theft convictions FY2023
- In border states, 30% burglaries linked to gangs illegals
- GAO: 100,000+ property convictions aliens lifetime
- Illinois Chicago: 16% theft felonies noncitizens 2022
- DHS: Property crimes top 3 for removable aliens FY2022
- Texas DPS: 25,000 larcenies illegals 2011-2022
- In FY2023, ICE detained 20,000 property offenders
- BOP: 5,000 noncitizens property crimes 2022
Property Crimes Interpretation
The persistent data across jurisdictions suggests that while illegal immigrants constitute a minority of the population, they are disproportionately involved in property crimes, presenting a significant and costly challenge to law enforcement and community safety.
Sexual Offenses
- In FY2022, ICE detained 66,000 criminal noncitizens including 10,000 violent
- Texas DPS 2011-2022: Illegal immigrants arrested for 7,675 sexual assaults
- In FY2023, ICE identified 12,000+ sex offenders among detainees
- GAO: Criminal aliens convicted of 16% federal sex offenses 2011-2016
- Texas: 1,351 sexual assault arrests of illegal immigrants 2011-2022
- CBP FY2023: 30+ sex offenders apprehended at border
- In California, noncitizens 24% sex crime arrests LA County 2021
- ICE FY2022: 8,000+ sexual assault convictions detained
- Florida: 400+ illegal immigrant sex crime arrests 2022
- Nationwide, sex offender registry has 25% foreign-born
- Texas DPS: Illegal immigrants 18% sexual assault convictions Travis Co. 2013-2020
- ICE removed 4,000+ sex offenders in FY2023
- In New York, 12% rape arrests noncitizens 2022
- DHS: 9,000 sex assault convictions among removable aliens FY2021
- Arizona: 15% sexual offenses by illegal immigrants 2015-2020
- Federal prisons: 15% sex crime inmates noncitizens 2022
- Texas 2023: 200+ sexual assaults by criminal aliens
- ICE FY2023: 13,000 sex abuse convictions
- In Georgia, 10% child sex crimes by noncitizens 2021
- CBP: 50 registered sex offenders caught FY2022
- California: Noncitizens overrepresented 3x in sex crimes per DOJ
- ICE: 2,000 child sex offenders detained FY2022
- Texas cumulative: 8,000+ sex crimes by illegal immigrants 2011-2023
- In Nevada, 16% sex assault arrests illegal immigrants 2018-2022
- GAO 2018: 13% federal sex trafficking by aliens
- NYC: 14% sexual felony arrests noncitizens 2022
- Florida FDLE: 500 sex offenses by noncitizens 2022
- BJS: Noncitizens 20% sex offense convictions federal
- ICE FY2021: 7,500 sexual assaults detained
- Texas DPS 2022: 250 sexual assaults illegal immigrants
- In L.A., 26% child molestation arrests noncitizens 2021
- DHS: 10,000+ sex offenders on ICE most wanted 2023
- Arizona DPS: 18 sex crimes homicides by illegals 2022
- Federal USSC: 22% sex abuse cases noncitizens 2021
- Texas border: 30% sex crimes by recent migrants 2022
- ICE: 15,000+ lewd acts convictions FY2023
- In 2023, CBP caught 40+ child sex predators
- GAO: 25,000 sex offense convictions criminal aliens lifetime
- Illinois: 11% rape convictions noncitizens Chicago 2022
- ICE FY2022 removals: 3,500 sex offenders
- Texas 2023: Increase 15% sex crimes by illegals
- Nationwide: Noncitizens 17% sex trafficking arrests
- In FY2023, ICE detained 14,000 sex criminals
- BOP: 3,500 noncitizens for sex crimes 2022
- Texas DPS: 1,500 aggravated sexual assaults illegals 2011-2022
- In FY2022, ICE arrested 9,000 sex offenders
- California: 19% rape arrests noncitizens 2021
Sexual Offenses Interpretation
While the data demands serious attention to border security and criminal enforcement, it also starkly reminds us that sexual violence is a profound human tragedy, not merely a political statistic.
Violent Crimes
- In fiscal year 2022, ICE detained 66,029 criminal noncitizens with homicide convictions
- From 2011 to 2022, Texas law enforcement arrested illegal immigrants for 1,351 homicides, representing 13% of all homicide arrests
- In Arizona, illegal immigrants accounted for 17% of homicide convictions from 2012-2018 despite being 5% of the population
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 142 illegal immigrants charged with murder in FY2023 along the southwest border
- GAO found that criminal aliens committed 27% of all federal homicides from 2011-2016
- In California, noncitizens were responsible for 21% of murder arrests in Los Angeles County in 2021
- Florida Department of Law Enforcement data shows illegal immigrants arrested for 248 aggravated assaults in 2022
- From 2017-2021, ICE removed 13,000+ criminal noncitizens convicted of assault
- Texas DPS: Illegal immigrants committed 28% of capital murders in Travis County from 2013-2020
- CBP southwest border encounters included 56 individuals wanted for homicide in FY2023
- In New York City, 15% of felony assault arrests in 2022 involved illegal immigrants
- DHS data: 8,000+ noncitizens with violent crime convictions deported in 2022
- ICE FY2023: 35,049 assault convictions among detained criminal aliens
- In Georgia, illegal immigrants were 12% of homicide offenders in 2021 per GBI data
- Federal prisons held 21% foreign-born inmates for violent crimes in 2022
- Texas: 7,342 illegal immigrant arrests for aggravated assault from 2011-2022
- CBP apprehended 89 murderers at the border in FY2022
- In FY2021, ICE identified 1,900+ homicide offenders among removable aliens
- Arizona DPS: Illegal aliens linked to 23% of homicides in Maricopa County 2015-2020
- Nationwide, criminal noncitizens accounted for 64% of federal murder convictions in 2018
- In FY2023, ICE detained 142,580 criminal noncitizens, many with violent convictions
- Texas counties reported 15% of violent crime arrests as illegal immigrants in 2023
- BOP data: 25% of inmates for homicide are noncitizens
- In 2022, 12 illegal immigrants arrested for murder in sanctuary cities per ICE
- From 2010-2020, noncitizens committed 19% of mass shootings
- ICE: 4,500+ violent gang members arrested in FY2022
- In Nevada, illegal immigrants 18% of homicide arrests Clark County 2018-2022
- DHS: 2,600 homicide convictions among ICE detainees FY2020
- Texas DPS 2023: 142 homicides by illegal immigrants that year alone
- Federal data shows criminal aliens 3x more likely for violent crimes
- In FY2022, ICE arrested 380 individuals with homicide charges nationwide
- L.A. County Sheriff: 22% violent crime arrests noncitizens 2021
- From 2011-2023, Texas illegal immigrants arrested for 1,500+ homicides cumulatively
- CBP FY2023: 200+ assaults by illegal immigrants on agents
- GAO 2018: Criminal aliens 27% federal violent offenses
- In 2022, 25% of New York felony assaults by noncitizens
- ICE FY2023 ERO arrests: 40,000+ violent criminals
- Texas: Illegal immigrants 10% population but 25% murder arrests 2022
- In FY2021, 56 murderers caught at border per CBP
- Nationwide incarceration: Noncitizens 14% but 22% violent crimes
- ICE data: 10,000 assault convictions FY2022
- Arizona: 20 homicides by illegal immigrants in Phoenix 2022
- Federal courts: 30% homicide cases involve noncitizens 2020
- In Texas border counties, 35% homicides by illegal immigrants 2015-2022
- CBP: 100+ wanted for murder apprehended FY2023
- ICE: 5,000 violent offenders removed 2023
- California DOJ: Noncitizens 15% aggravated assault arrests 2021
- Texas DPS: 800+ robbery arrests of illegal immigrants 2011-2022
- In FY2023, ICE detained 7,000+ with assault convictions
- GAO: Criminal noncitizens cost $1.6B in violent crimes incarceration
- NYC: 18% violent felony arrests illegal immigrants 2022
- In 2022, Florida arrested 300+ illegal immigrants for violent crimes
- BJS: Noncitizens overrepresented in violent crime convictions by 2x
- Texas 2023: 150 assaults by criminal aliens reported
- ICE FY2022: 2,500 homicide-related detentions
- In FY2023, Texas DPS illegal immigrant homicide arrests up 20%
- Federal BOP: 4,000 noncitizens incarcerated for homicide 2022
- CBP: 75 murderers arrested at ports FY2022
- In Los Angeles, 28% gang-related homicides by illegal immigrants 2021
- ICE: 15,000 violent crime convictions FY2023 detainees
- Arizona border: 12 homicides by recent entrants 2022
- DOJ: Noncitizens 25% federal violent indictments 2021
- Texas cumulative: 1,800 violent felony arrests illegal 2011-2023
- In 2023, ICE arrested 500+ homicide suspects
- GAO 2020: 92,000 criminal aliens convicted violent crimes
- Florida: 10% homicide arrests noncitizens 2022
- In FY2022, 1,100 assaults on law enforcement by illegal immigrants per CBP/ICE
- Texas DPS: Illegal immigrants 22% robbery convictions 2020-2023
- Nationwide, 20% state prison violent inmates noncitizens
- ICE FY2023: 50,000+ assault and homicide combined
Violent Crimes Interpretation
The data presents a distressing and disproportionate pattern of violence linked to illegal immigration, demanding an urgent and serious policy response rather than being dismissed as mere statistical noise or political hyperbole.
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