Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs President-elect Donald Trump was fact checked over his migration statistics while on Meet The Press this weekend, and it turns out there has been a mix-up over the numbers of migrant murderers entering the U.S.Speaking with Kristen Welker on December 8 Trump said: “So we had 11,000, and 13,000, there are different estimates. 13,099 murderers released into our country in the last three years.”They’re walking down the streets. They’re walking next to you, and your family.”To which Welker responded: “The 13,000 figure I think goes back about 40 years.”Trump then said, “No, it doesn’t,” stating that the Border Patrol put out these figures for the Biden Administration.
Donald Trump speaking in front of the US-Mexico border, Thursday, Aug 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Trump cited incorrect statistics to Meet the Press that 13,099 noncitizens convicted of homicide were released into the…
Donald Trump speaking in front of the US-Mexico border, Thursday, Aug 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Trump cited incorrect statistics to Meet the Press that 13,099 noncitizens convicted of homicide were released into the U.S. during the Biden Administrion.
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The numbers stem from a letter released in 2024 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and it revealed that there are 13,099 “noncitizens” convicted of homicide living within the U.S. this year.But a DHS official told the BBC in October that the figures had been misinterpreted by politicians. They said: “It also includes many who are under the jurisdiction or currently incarcerated by federal, state or local law enforcement partners,” meaning these people are not just roaming the streets, as suggested by Trump.DHS added: “The data goes back decades; it includes individuals who entered the country over the past 40 years or more, the vast majority of whose custody determination was made long before this [Biden-Harris] administration.”The Trump transition team has been contacted for comment.A similar data release was published at the end of the Trump administration, showing that there were 405,786 noncitizens who were convicted criminals living within the country. Like the data that Trump was referring to with Welker, these numbers were collected over time.Trump spoke more on immigration with Welker, doubling down on his plan to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented migrants.Trump said: “We’re going to end that because it’s ridiculous.” He went on to say he would do it via executive action.The President-elect then said that the United States is the only country that has birthright citizenship, although 30 other countries including the U.K, Canada, Belgium Ireland, Israel, and South Africa all give automatic citizenship to people who are born in their country.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Thomas Homan poses for a portrait in East Point, Ga., April 26, 2018. Homan and Trump have discussed a policy of deporting family members of undocumented migrants.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Thomas Homan poses for a portrait in East Point, Ga., April 26, 2018. Homan and Trump have discussed a policy of deporting family members of undocumented migrants.
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Trump also echoed his new Border Czar, Tom Homan’s, policy proposal around family deportation, telling Welker: “The only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back.”Homan had previously made light of suggestions that he would be deporting families together, but did not refute entirely that he would be deporting families of undocumented migrants.Following this interview, it is clear that mass family deportations are on the cards for the Trump Administration.Do you have a story we should be covering? Do you have any questions about this article? Contact LiveNews@newsweek.com
