You've probably heard commentators say that under President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is arresting and deporting a huge number of illegal immigrants who have no criminal record. The first response to that is: If they crossed illegally into the United States, they have a criminal record. Plus, they're still in the country illegally. Second, the numbers just don't support the commentators' claim.

A new report by The Washington Examiner's Anna Giaritelli notes that, "The Trump administration arrested 595,000 illegal immigrants between Jan. 20 and Dec. 11, according to the Department of Homeland Security. ICE revealed that 70%, or about 416,000, have 'criminal convictions or pending criminal charges just in the U.S,' an agency spokesman said in a statement."

An ICE spokesman told Giaritelli that beyond those criminal convictions and pending criminal charges, there are some illegal immigrants who have committed few, if any, crimes in the United States but are wanted for serious crimes in their home countries. For example, Giaritelli writes that "ICE arrested Antonio Israel Lazo-Quintanilla, whose only offense in the United States was driving without a license. However, he is wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide, extortion, possession of drugs, and other felonies." Obviously, Lazo-Quintanilla, who sports a huge "666"........

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