The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified the deportation of violent criminal illegal immigrants as a primary driver behind the recent decline in U.S. crime rates, citing a "common sense" connection between removing such individuals and lower crime figures. This assertion comes as national crime statistics show a significant downward trend.
A recent analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) indicated that homicides are on pace to reach a historic low, with an 18% decrease in a sample group of large U.S. cities compared to the previous year. This trend suggests the lowest homicide level since 1900. Additionally, carjackings have fallen by 47%, motor vehicle thefts by 20%, robberies by 17%, and residential burglaries by 13%.
Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis stated in comments to Fox News Digital, "It is common sense. When you remove criminals from the country, crime rates fall." The White House has referred to these declining crime rates as evidence of "extraordinary progress" in fulfilling promises to restore law and order.
DHS provided details on several criminal illegal immigrants deported in recent weeks. Among them was Jared Adonay Cruz-Rivera, a Honduran national identified as a member of the foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua. He was deported on July 18 after a prior conviction for robbery and an arrest for drug possession. Olegario Ramirez, a Mexican national and member of the Paisas gang, with a criminal history including homicide and illegal re-entry, was deported on July 27. Also deported on the same day was Bulmaro Rendon-Ramos, a Surenos gang member from Mexico, who had convictions for robbery, burglary, and multiple counts of driving under the influence.
Other deportations included Nammoun Khampanya, a Laotian Crips gang member, removed on July 28 following convictions for cocaine possession, weapons possession, obstructing police, and fraud. Omar Loaces Gonzalez, a Cuban national deported on July 17, had convictions for vehicle theft and wire fraud. Haitian national Marc James Guerrier Pinard was deported on July 16 after convictions for three counts of armed carjacking and an arrest for burglary.
"President Trump promised to make America safe again, and he has done just that," Bis said. "Crime has fallen to record lows under the Trump administration, including murders on pace to drop to the lowest level in 126 years. It’s no surprise that this drop in crime coincides with deportations of dangerous criminal illegal aliens."