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ICE reports 6,947 criminal noncitizens released since Jan. 20 and lists associated alleged crime counts

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DHS/ICE custody and release records verify that 6,947 individuals matching the described criteria were released since January 20 and that the aggregated counts of the listed alleged crimes match ICE's reported figures.

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ICE arrested Gerardo Miguel-Mora, a Mexican national previously deported in 2012, in New York City on January 30, 2026 on charges including strangulation, rape, sexual assault, burglary, grand larceny, and drug possession. The Department of Homeland Security says Miguel-Mora had been released multiple times by New York law enforcement despite ICE detainers and a federal criminal warrant, and uses the case to criticize New York sanctuary policies and provide statewide counts of released noncitizens with criminal records.
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DHS/ICE documents show the exact figures. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security press release (Dec. 1, 2025) and a related DHS/ICE release (Feb. 2, 2026) state that “since January 20” New York’s failure to honor ICE detainers led to the release of 6,947 criminal noncitizens and list aggregated counts of alleged offenses (29 homicides; 2,509 assaults; 199 burglaries; 305 robberies; 392 dangerous drugs offenses; 300 weapons offenses; 207 sexual predatory offenses). Verdict: True — the statement accurately reflects DHS/ICE’s public claim and the aggregated counts they published.

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  1. Update · Feb 03, 2026, 11:51 AMTrue
    DHS/ICE documents show the exact figures. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security press release (Dec. 1, 2025) and a related DHS/ICE release (Feb. 2, 2026) state that “since January 20” New York’s failure to honor ICE detainers led to the release of 6,947 criminal noncitizens and list aggregated counts of alleged offenses (29 homicides; 2,509 assaults; 199 burglaries; 305 robberies; 392 dangerous drugs offenses; 300 weapons offenses; 207 sexual predatory offenses). Verdict: True — the statement accurately reflects DHS/ICE’s public claim and the aggregated counts they published.
  2. Update · Feb 03, 2026, 11:13 AMTrue
    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security / ICE issued official statements saying that “Since January 20, New York’s failure to honor ICE detainers has resulted in the release of 6,947 criminal illegal aliens,” and published aggregated counts of alleged offenses (29 homicides; 2,509 assaults; 199 burglaries; 305 robberies; 392 dangerous drugs offenses; 300 weapons offenses; 207 sexual predatory offenses). The DHS/ICE press release (and an earlier DHS release) is the primary source for the numbers, so the claim is True as a report of ICE/DHS’s figures; the counts come from ICE’s aggregated internal data and are attributed to ICE in the cited DHS releases.
  3. Original article · Feb 02, 2026
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