EXCLUSIVE: New Data Shows Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens Have Made a ‘Real Impact on Public Safety,’ DHS Official Announces

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Violent crime is on the decline in the U.S. following the arrest and removal of criminal illegal aliens, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.  

“Under President [Donald] Trump and [DHS Secretary Kristi] Noem, our law enforcement is working at lightning speed to remove violent criminal illegal aliens from the U.S.,” Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary, said in a press release given first to The Daily Signal.  

“Every single day we are arresting gang members, murderers, pedophiles, and violent predators,” McLaughlin said, adding, “70% of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] arrests are of illegal aliens who have been convicted or charged with a crime. These arrests and deportations of criminal illegal aliens are having real impact on public safety.” 

During the first six months of 2025, homicides fell 17% across 30 U.S. cities when compared with the first half 2024, according to the Council on Criminal Justice, an independent research organization, which has just published its midyear report on crime trends in U.S. cities.  

In the first six months of 2025, there were “10% fewer reported aggravated assaults, 21% fewer gun assaults, 10% fewer sexual assaults, and 3% more domestic violence incidents” when compared to the time last year, according to the report.  

Robberies are also down 20% and carjacking fell by 24%. Vehicle theft was rising from the summer of 2020 through 2023, according to the Council on Criminal Justice, but the trend began reversing in 2024.

Since Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, the Trump administration has arrested nearly 300,000 illegal aliens and deported more than 239,000, according to DHS.  

A recent Harvard-Harris Poll finds that 75% of U.S. voters support efforts to remove criminal illegal aliens from the U.S. Despite widespread support for the detainment of criminals in the U.S. illegally, DHS reports an 830% increase in violence against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the past six months.   

Anti-ICE demonstrations have grown violent in recent weeks in cities across the U.S., including Los Angeles, New York City, and Austin, Texas.   

Border czar Tom Homan pledged last week to “flood the zone” of sanctuary cities across the U.S. in order to continue arresting and deporting illegal aliens, especially criminal illegal aliens, residing in cities where officials refuse to corporate with ICE.  

“Sanctuary cities are now our priority,” Homan said during a press conference in New York City on July 21, adding that “sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals. President Trump is not going to tolerate it, and I’ll work every day with Secretary Noem to make sure we get as many bad guys, illegal aliens, out of this country that we can.” 

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