New York City is populated by 58,000 illegal immigrants who have been convicted or are facing criminal charges Criminal charges.
“It’s shocking that Democrats have gone so far as to harbor gang members, drug traffickers and other criminals who are in our country illegally,” RNY said. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis told the New York Post.
The comments by Malliotakis, who represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, followed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency data obtained by the New York Post that showed 58,626 out of 759,218. Illegal immigrants New York City residents were previously convicted of a felony or had criminal charges pending, or 7.7% of the city’s illegal immigrant population.
Of the 58,626 criminal immigrants, 1,153 were “suspected or known gang members,” the report added.
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Police officers take security measures as migrants line up outside the Roosevelt Hotel as asylum seekers wait for asylum outside the hotel after the Manhattan Refugee Center reached full capacity on August 2, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“In many cases, they have provided them with housing, food and healthcare. They should stop using New Yorkers’ hard-earned tax dollars to protect the criminals wreaking havoc on our streets and instead cooperate with ICE to deport them,” Malliotakis said.
Nationwide numbers largely reflect that New York City, The data showed that 662,586 — or 8.6% — of the 7.8 million illegal immigrants living in the United States currently have criminal convictions or pending charges.
New York City will have a particularly difficult time fighting the migrant crisis, according to Kenneth Genalo, head of ICE’s New York City office, who told the New York Post, “It will take a lifetime to clear the city. Failure to change policies is the culprit we have.
That frustration was shared by several members of the New York City Council, who blamed the crisis on the city’s sanctuary laws.
Immigrants line up in front of the East Village Re-Intake, which has been converted into a city-run shelter for newly arrived immigrant families, on December 4, 2023 in New York City. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“These numbers make clear what everyone knows except our elected officials: Sanctuary city laws are endangering New York by protecting criminals instead of protecting law-abiding citizens,” Councilman Robert Holden, a Queens Democrat, told the New York Post. ICE data is shown.
Meanwhile, Council Minority Leader Joe Borrelli, Republican of Staten Island, said he was “shocked, but not surprised” by the ICE data.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Recent calls to loosen the city’s sanctuary policies, the report noted, cited the mayor’s calls to more easily turn over immigrants “suspected” of “serious” crimes to federal authorities, though the mayor has argued he doesn’t have enough support from the City Council to change the rules.
Meanwhile, the mayor’s office has blamed the border crisis on the Biden administration for the city’s struggles.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to reporters after a news conference Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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“Mayor Adams has said repeatedly that while we will continue to respect our city’s sanctuary laws, we need to have a serious conversation about the small number of individuals who repeatedly commit violent crimes in our city and the consequences they face,” Kayla Mamelak, a spokeswoman for Adams, told the New York Post. “We must fix this nation’s failed border policies that got us to this place.”
