“If you are in this country illegally, it is virtually impossible for you to live in this country and not commit…
“If you are in this country illegally, it is virtually impossible for you to live in this country and not commit additional legal violations—working without authorization, identity theft. There’s a lot of illegality that goes on when you are breaking the law.” @DHSGenCounsel
Posted on X 2026-10-27 by @DHSgov · View on X →
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And that's why I'm going for the clarity here, you know, because I hear a lot about the violent offenders, point taken. But what I don't hear about is the law -abiding folks who are reporting is more than half. You're suggesting that people who are in this country illegally are law -abiding? Let's say you don't have a criminal record outside of an immigration offense, maybe overstaying a tourist visa. So if you are in this country illegally, it is virtually impossible for you to live in this country and not commit additional legal violations because, you know, I work. commit additional legal violations because uh you know working without authorization um identity theft there's a lot of illegality that goes on when you are breaking the law but i i do really uh reject your characterization of someone who is in this country illegally and breaking our laws as quote -unquote law -abiding i think that's fundamentally inaccurate and unfair
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What share of undocumented immigrants in the United States have criminal records for offenses beyond immigration violations, and how prevalent are associated offenses such as unauthorized work and identity theft among this population?
- An NIJ-funded study using Texas arrest records (2012–2018) found that undocumented immigrants were arrested at less than half the rate of native-born U.S. citizens for violent and drug crimes, and a quarter the rate for property crimes. 2012–2018 (published September 12, 2024) “undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half the rate of native-born U.S. citizens for violent and drug crimes and a quarter the rate of native-born citizens for property crimes.” — docs.house.gov ↗
- The same NIJ-funded study found no evidence that undocumented immigrant crime rates grew over the study period, and their share of property and traffic crimes decreased or held constant. 2012–2018 (published September 12, 2024) “There is no evidence that the prevalence of undocumented immigrant crime has grown for any category.” — docs.house.gov ↗
- FactCheck.org reported that of 647,572 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE's non-detained docket as of July 2024, about 33% had only been charged, not convicted, and the data includes legal immigrants as well as undocumented individuals. As of July 21, 2024 (article posted July 17, 2025) “Of the 647,572 total, 222,141 — or 33% — had been only charged. It's unclear how many of those pending cases ended in convictions.” — factcheck.org ↗
- FactCheck.org noted that of those 647,572 noncitizens on the ICE non-detained docket, about 20% had only traffic offenses and another roughly 14% had only immigration offenses, meaning at least a third did not have violent criminal histories. As of July 21, 2024 (article posted July 17, 2025) “126,343 — or, about 20% — had 'traffic offenses.' Another 92,075 had 'immigration' offenses. So, at least a third of the total did not have violent criminal histories.” — factcheck.org ↗
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“If you are in this country illegally, it is virtually impossible for you to live in this country and not commit additional legal violations—working without authorization, identity theft. There’s a lot of illegality that goes on when you are breaking the law.” @DHSGenCounsel
And that's why I'm going for the clarity here, you know, because I hear a lot about the violent offenders, point taken. But what I don't hear about is the law -abiding folks who are reporting is more than half. You're suggesting that people who are in this country illegally are law -abiding? Let's say you don't have a criminal record outside of an immigration offense, maybe overstaying a tourist visa. So if you are in this country illegally, it is virtually impossible for you to live in this country and not commit additional legal violations because, you know, I work. commit additional legal violations because uh you know working without authorization um identity theft there's a lot of illegality that goes on when you are breaking the law but i i do really uh reject your characterization of someone who is in this country illegally and breaking our laws as quote -unquote law -abiding i think that's fundamentally inaccurate and unfair
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