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Hispanic GOP Lawmakers Demand ICE Focus Deportations on Violent Offenders

Republican lawmakers pressed ICE for figures on criminal convictions among detainees to ensure deportation efforts focus on violent offenders

Masked law enforcement officers, including HSI and ICE agents, walk into an immigration court in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara/File photo
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Overview

  • Six Hispanic Republican members of Congress sent a letter to acting ICE Director Todd Lyons on June 12 urging the agency to prioritize arrests and deportations of migrants charged with violent crimes over those with clean records.
  • The lawmakers cited ICE data showing 600,000 individuals with criminal charges on its docket and asked for a breakdown of the criminal status and gang ties of the more than 100,000 people deported since January.
  • They set a June 30 deadline for ICE to report how many recent deportees were convicted criminals or had ties to organized criminal enterprises.
  • New figures show a surge in the detention of migrants without charges beyond immigration violations under the administration’s aggressive enforcement strategy.
  • The Trump administration has ordered ICE to carry out at least 3,000 arrests daily and aims to deport one million undocumented immigrants annually, with plans to step up workplace raids.