In this Feb. 17, 2017, photo, a protester holds a sign that reads “ICE Hands Off DACA Families Free Daniel,” during a demonstration in front of the federal courthouse in Seattle. (Photo: AP)
Fox News obtained records showing 59,786 recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have been arrested while in the U.S. That’s roughly 7.8% of all who have been approved to remain in the U.S. under the program since it was created in 2012.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also revealed an astonishing 53,792 DACA recipients were arrested before their most recent requests for a “grant of deferred action” were approved, and another 7,814 DACA recipients were arrested after their request was approved.
Ten of them, or 0.02%, are accused of murder.
Of the 53,792, more than 4,500 had been arrested on allegations of assault or battery; 830 arrests were related to sex crimes — including rape, sexual abuse or indecent exposure; and 95 arrests were made on warrants for kidnapping, human trafficking or false imprisonment.
Roughly 38.9% of the 53,792 had “driving-related” offenses — excluding driving under the influence — while 22.1% were accused of “immigration-related” crimes. Another 12.3% were accused of theft or larceny and more than 4,600 have been accused of “drug-related” crimes, again excluding driving under the influence.
Worth noting, the statistics from DHS do not indicate how many DACA recipients arrested were convicted of crimes, whether charges were reduced or dropped, or how many arrested were deported as the result of a conviction.
The Peoples Robot / June 18, 2018
@StarCoreOne02 That’s like 1 in 12. Just yesterday we were being told illegal aliens had much lower… https://t.co/0ABT9EH5Zd
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weweq / June 18, 2018
So lets do the numbers 7.8% of DACA have a record, for general Americans that number goes up to 20%, so less tfor something stupid like being on a beach after sundown and have a ” record” . hen half of general public. Also having a record doesn’t mean they are criminals, you can be stopped
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Rocky Max / June 18, 2018
Depot all DACA they are mostly criminals look at their numbers!!
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Richard Baris / June 18, 2018
That sure is a larger percentage of “Dreamers” than the media insinuate.
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James Harrison / June 18, 2018
1 – I think you meant to say “Deport all DACA…” – English is a tricky language.
2 – they are “mostly” criminals is a statement that is probably worth exploring. Are they in the country illegally? sure, i’ll give you that one. By that yard stick your statement is true. But there are some that leave me scratching my head – 12,000 were arrested for immigration-related crimes, maybe they got nabbed before DACA approval? Another 21,000 were for driving related offenses (this number does not include DUI), so parking and speeding tickets? So there are 33,000 or so that probably need to have an in-depth look of whether they need to go or not. So fine, I’ll give you that – 27,000 of the 800,000+ DACA people need to go, but don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
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Richard Baris / June 18, 2018
James Harrison Think the major problem is that the system even for DACA alone, which was billed as a temp fix for part of the problem, is itself broken. They were approved even after they were charged. Under Obama Admin, they basically tossed background checks out. Doesn’t look like Trump Admin reinstated those checks.
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Richard Baris / June 18, 2018
But we’ll find out if they even knew about the lax standards or not. Maybe they didn’t, maybe they did.
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James Harrison / June 18, 2018
Richard Baris I’ll agree with you there – some people (me included) are big fans of “enhanced vetting”. If there are checks that are not being completed – they should be. And if decision makers find at a later time that there is new information in the equation, they should revisit their decision on that individual.
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