I just want to take a moment to express how deeply disturbing it is that @USCIS has clearly spent the last week or more preparing a smear document against DACA recipients, who enjoy near-universal popularity throughout America, to justify the President's Twitter outrage. 
@USCIS USCIS highlights "murder" and "rape" arrests against people who requested DACA, not mentioning that if anyone had actually been *convicted* of those offenses, they would have been automatically ineligible for DACA.
In other words, USCIS is arguing guilty even if proven innocent.
In other words, USCIS is arguing guilty even if proven innocent.
@USCIS The data in the USCIS report shows how this fear-mongering is even more outrageous.
Out of 800,000+ people granted DACA, just 62 people approved for DACA had an arrest for rape and 15 had an arrest for murder—and by definition, those arrests did not leave to a conviction.
Out of 800,000+ people granted DACA, just 62 people approved for DACA had an arrest for rape and 15 had an arrest for murder—and by definition, those arrests did not leave to a conviction.
@USCIS USCIS's new breakdown of arrest data for DACA recipients shows just how morally bankrupt this argument is.
Of the 67,861 people granted DACA with a prior arrest, 56% (38,273) had only a non-DUI-related traffic offense or immigration offense.
Of the 67,861 people granted DACA with a prior arrest, 56% (38,273) had only a non-DUI-related traffic offense or immigration offense.
@USCIS What's even more telling about that last chart is the right-most column, showing tens of thousands of people in fact HAD been rejected for DACA.
One of the reasons the 5th Circuit blocked DAPA was early data suggesting few people were denied DACA.
This data shows otherwise!
One of the reasons the 5th Circuit blocked DAPA was early data suggesting few people were denied DACA.
This data shows otherwise!
@USCIS This new breakdown from the USCIS report actually shows how much DACA recipients had to be squeaky clean.
By age 23, one in three Americans will have an arrest record.
By comparison, just 10.4% of people granted DACA (79,398 out of 765,166) had ever been arrested.
By age 23, one in three Americans will have an arrest record.
By comparison, just 10.4% of people granted DACA (79,398 out of 765,166) had ever been arrested.
@USCIS Finally, it goes without saying that the burden of arrests in American falls most heavily on the kind of people who need DACA.
We should stand fast against those who would use this criminalization of communities of color to argue against Dreamers and their families.
We should stand fast against those who would use this criminalization of communities of color to argue against Dreamers and their families.
@USCIS A data-related addendum. Highlighted in yellow are felonies or "significant misdemeanors" that, if the person was convicted, would bar them from DACA.
That means any such arrest for a person granted DACA did not lead to a conviction—likely the case for many other listed arrests.
That means any such arrest for a person granted DACA did not lead to a conviction—likely the case for many other listed arrests.
