Sure makes me want to support “path to citizenship”, right?
Via Newsbusters:
In FY 2013:
ICEwide
– ICE conducted a total of 368,644 removals.
– ICE conducted 133,551 removals of individuals apprehended in the interior of the U.S.
— 82 percent of all interior removals had been previously convicted of a crime.– ICE conducted 235,093 removals of individuals apprehended along our borders while attempting to unlawfully enter the U.S.
– 59 percent of all ICE removals, a total of 216,810, had been previously convicted of a crime.
— ICE apprehended and removed 110,115 criminals removed from the interior of the U.S.
— ICE removed 106,695 criminals apprehended at the border while attempting to unlawfully enter the U.S.– 98 percent of all ICE FY 2013 removals, a total of 360,313, met one or more of ICE’s stated civil immigration enforcement priorities.
– Of the 151,834 removals of individuals without a criminal conviction, 84 percent, or 128,398, were apprehended at the border while attempting to unlawfully enter the U.S. and 95 percent fell within one of ICE’s stated immigration enforcement priorities.