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Aug 22, 2019 6 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Three things:

1. This release is yet another example of the extreme politicization of agencies which have traditionally been scrupulously non-political.

2. 85% of non-citizen arrests were for immigration crimes.

3. The underlying report is professional and not inflammatory.
Today's BJS report is definitely interesting. Despite the inflammatory headline from the press release, the data actually shows that when you exclude immigration arrests, there are actually FEWER arrests of non-citizens than in previous years.

Here's data from Table 2:
Of course, the data looks VERY different when you start counting immigration-related crimes like improper entry or illegal reentry. Under the Trump administration, prosecutions for these crimes have surged—making federal arrest numbers go way up.

Here's data from Table 2 again.
The report also shows that certain kinds of federal arrests are weighted towards U.S. citizens, while others are weighted towards non-citizens.

Federal immigration-related arrests? Overwhelmingly non-citizens.
Federal weapons arrests? Overwhelmingly U.S. citizens.
In many ways this report seem to fit squarely with what people like @AlexNowrasteh have been saying for years; when you exclude crimes which are incidental to immigration and the border, non-citizens already inside the U.S. are no more likely to commit crimes than citizens.
@AlexNowrasteh Another interesting tidbit? Table 11 breaks out immigration-related arrests across the 9 SW Border Sectors, and matches it with CBP data—showing that prosecutions bear little relationship to apprehensions.

Apprehensions going up =/= prosecutions going up, and vice versa.

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Jul 23
ALSO NEW: A federal judge in Tennessee just granted Abrego Garcia release on bond with conditions, finding that the DOJ did NOT meet its burden to prove that Mr. Abrego Garcia was a flight risk or such a danger to the community that release must be denied even with conditions. Image
Judge Crenshaw in Tennessee finds that the government has failed to meet its burden to prove that Mr. Abrego Garcia is so dangerous that no conditions could justify his release, and therefore upholds the magistrate judge's decision granting release on bond with conditions. Image
Judge Crenshaw on the allegations of MS-13 membership:

"[F]or the court to find that Abrego is a member of or in affiliation with MS-13, it would have to make so many inferences from the Government's proffered evidence in its favor that such conclusion would border on fanciful." Image
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Jul 22
AWFUL scenario. Border Patrol agents raided a car wash and arrested a DACA recipient working there. He has a REAL ID, but they didn't even let him show his ID, they just grabbed him and threw him in a van.

He was then detained for a MONTH before getting bond. Image
It's literally in the first paragraph of the excerpt: no.
He's not. In fact, the article suggests that he still has has DACA status, despite a month in detention, and remains protected from deportation.
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Jul 19
CRAZY story. An 82-year-old from Chile lost his green card. In June, he went to pick up a new one from @USCIS. While there, he was handcuffed and detained by ICE.

An unknown caller then told family she could help, then later said he’d died. But now he’s turned up in Guatemala! Image
This story raises a TON of questions for @DHSgov:

- Why was this lawful permanent resident detained when picking up a replacement green card? He has no criminal record.
- Why was he not in the ICE detainee locator system?
- How did he end up in Guatemala?
- Who called family? Image
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@DHSgov The mysterious caller undoubtedly does raise some red flags about a hoax, but there are a couple important key difference:

- He was detained by officials at a government office and his wife saw it happen.
- He turned up in another country, so there has to be a record of how.
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Jul 19
Andry Hernández Romero, the innocent make-up artist imprisoned without trial for 4 months in El Salvador by the Trump admin, is FREE.

He was wrongfully accused of being a gang member because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, and illegally sent to El Salvador without due process. Image
Maduro has indicated that the men will not be immediately detained.

This story has been a major public relations talking point for his government. They are saying that they “rescued” the men in CECOT, so for now they’ll all have public relations on their side.
As a reminder, Andry was never ordered deported. He was detained at a port of entry in late 2024 by CBP b/c of his tattoos.

He had a pending asylum hearing in his immigration court case. Before that happened, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act and imprisoned him in El Salvador.
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Jul 17
🚨NEW. A horror story emerges from hacked flight logs of the March 15 flight to El Salvador to be imprisoned without trial: mass disappearances.

The data reveals DOZENS of people on the flight whose names were never disclosed before. All may still be locked up there today. Image
This new story from @404mediaco provides the first public confirmation of the identity of some of the people who were disappeared by the Trump admin on March 15. In some cases, families knew they were there because they saw their loved one in pictures — but had NO confirmation. Image
@404mediaco In total, this means the number of people imprisoned in CECOT without trial by the Trump admin is *at least* 281 people — 42 more on this list that weren't on the original leaked CBS News list of 238, plus Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

These were disappearances.
404media.co/flight-manifes…
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Jul 13
NEW: @MiamiHerald confirms that 1/3 of the people sent to the Everglades Detention Camp have NO CRIMINAL RECORD, making clear that federal and state officials LIED about who would be detained there.

Of those who do have charges, many have low-level traffic offenses. Image
That is FALSE. What you posted below is the criminal charge for improper entry, the act of entering without inspection.

*Entry* is distinct from presence. After all, visa overstays entered legally, but are present unlawfully. The Supreme Court is clear; presence is not a crime. Image
That is FALSE for two reasons:

1) As noted above, being present in the country illegally is not a crime.
2) “Criminal record” means actually arrested and prosecuted. We’ve ALL done things which *could* have been prosecuted but weren’t. Doesn’t mean we all have criminal records.
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