"I think anybody who suggests that third country removal is fundamentally unfair has to explain how they would handle…

Department of Homeland Security on X official account2026-10-27

"I think anybody who suggests that third country removal is fundamentally unfair has to explain how they would handle that problem because when the left had power, they did not handle that problem. They let those people live among us and a lot of them committed additional crimes against Americans and created new victims... We've proved that it can be solved." @DHSGenCounsel

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What you have to understand about this is people like this, they tend to have check -ins with ICE periodically. So ICE officers will tell you, they see these guys come in and check in and they see that they've killed somebody or they've raped a seven -year -old and it would make them so frustrated but there was nothing they could do because there's nowhere to go. A random bureaucrat in California seeing this person who raped a seven -year -old return to the community, you know, they don't have the Secretary of State's phone number. they can't get somebody in Washington. to care about this problem. But as soon as President Trump came in, we prioritized this. And these were people who were already out on the street. We picked them up and got them out of here by May. Polling shows that most Americans would be just fine with that person being deported. Well, but I think anybody who suggests that third country removal is fundamentally unfair has to explain how they would handle that problem. Because when the left had power, they did not handle that problem. They let those people live among us, and a lot of them committed additional crimes against Americans and created new... victims and it's absolutely inexcusable and somebody should be asking them why they never dealt with this problem because we've proved that it can be solved.

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What is the documented rate of criminal reoffending among immigrants who were subject to removal orders but remained in the United States, and how does it compare to the general population?

  • The U.S. Sentencing Commission found that among illegal reentry offenders sentenced in FY 2013, 61.9% had been convicted of at least one criminal offense after illegally reentering the United States following removal. Fiscal Year 2013 data, report published April 2015 “61.9 percent of offenders were convicted of at least one criminal offense after illegally reentering the United States” — govinfo.gov ↗
  • A DOJ Office of Inspector General audit found that in a judgmental sample of 100 criminal aliens released from local custody without ICE referral, 73 had at least one subsequent arrest, accounting for 429 arrests total — an average of nearly six arrests per individual. Based on FY 2004 SCAAP data; report published January 2007 “Those 73 individuals accounted for a total of 429 arrests based on 878 charges and included 241 convictions. These figures represent an average of nearly six arrests per individual.” — oig.justice.gov ↗
  • A peer-reviewed study of male deportable aliens released from a local jail found that previously deported aliens showed consistently higher recidivism than similarly situated deportable aliens with no prior deportation record across multiple measures. Published October 2010 “previously deported aliens are more likely to be rearrested, to be rearrested more quickly, and to be rearrested more frequently in a 1-year follow-up period.” — eric.ed.gov ↗

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"I think anybody who suggests that third country removal is fundamentally unfair has to explain how they would handle that problem because when the left had power, they did not handle that problem. They let those people live among us and a lot of them committed additional crimes against Americans and created new victims... We've proved that it can be solved." @DHSGenCounsel

What you have to understand about this is people like this, they tend to have check -ins with ICE periodically. So ICE officers will tell you, they see these guys come in and check in and they see that they've killed somebody or they've raped a seven -year -old and it would make them so frustrated but there was nothing they could do because there's nowhere to go. A random bureaucrat in California seeing this person who raped a seven -year -old return to the community, you know, they don't have the Secretary of State's phone number. they can't get somebody in Washington. to care about this problem. But as soon as President Trump came in, we prioritized this. And these were people who were already out on the street. We picked them up and got them out of here by May. Polling shows that most Americans would be just fine with that person being deported. Well, but I think anybody who suggests that third country removal is fundamentally unfair has to explain how they would handle that problem. Because when the left had power, they did not handle that problem. They let those people live among us, and a lot of them committed additional crimes against Americans and created new... victims and it's absolutely inexcusable and somebody should be asking them why they never dealt with this problem because we've proved that it can be solved.

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