UNITED STATES, July 2 (DC Times Online) — A Department of Homeland Security source told Fox News Digital that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made more than 10,000 arrests in five days. The same report said the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship and upheld the policy that most children born in the U.S. automatically become citizens even if their parents are in the country illegally.
Nationally, DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in the Fox report, “Nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S.”
In New York City, a New York City Bar Association report citing ICE and DHS data said ICE administrative arrests rose about 35% from fiscal 2017. The report said detention of immigrants without criminal convictions in the New York City area increased 87%.
The bar association said 455 New Yorkers apprehended by ICE had no prior contact with the criminal justice system, while 804 had pending criminal charges.
