71% of ICE Detainees Have No Criminal Record, GOP Pushes Back: “No Green Card? That’s Criminal Enough”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Newly released data from ICE confirms that 71% of current immigration detainees have no criminal convictions, a finding that immigration advocates say contradicts President Trump’s vow to deport only “the worst of the worst.”

But Republicans were quick to reject the implication. “Look, if you’re here without papers, you’ve already committed a crime,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. “You don’t get bonus points just because you didn’t rob a Walgreens.”

Trump himself dismissed the statistic as “classic liberal math,” adding, “The fake news says they haven’t committed crimes—but they broke into our country. They’re foreign invaders. Very dangerous people. Nobody’s been tougher on this than me.”

Critics argue that the administration’s enforcement strategy amounts to little more than dragnet-style sweeps of Latino communities. Numerous workers have been targeted and detained, including street vendors, day laborers, and line cooks. A federal judge in California has temporarily halted some of the raids, citing a “mountain of evidence” of racial profiling.

The White House called the ruling “judicial overreach” and vowed to appeal. “We’re not changing course,” said Trump. “We said we’d get the bad ones—and frankly, they all look pretty bad to me.”