If Kamala Harris thinks a photo-op visit to the southern border is going to help hide her dismal record as Joe Biden’s border czar, she’s got another thing coming.
As RedState previously reported, the Democrat presidential nominee is visiting Arizona Friday alongside Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) in an effort to try and prove that she’s a proponent of strong border security, despite the fact this is only her second trip to the border since becoming vice president nearly four years ago.
“Harris will ‘argue that American sovereignty requires setting rules at the border and enforcing them,'” Politico wrote earlier, while also noting that Harris was going to try to walk the line between tougher enforcement and “safe, orderly, and humane” illegal immigration policies.
But all the handshakes, back pats, and tough talk from Harris Friday on border security are likely to be overshadowed by new numbers released by ICE after a Republican Congressman’s request that detail how many non-detained convicted illegal immigrants are still roaming the United States despite having final orders for removal:
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sex offenses and homicide convictions are loose on the streets, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data provided to lawmakers this week.
The agency provided data to Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, about national data for illegal immigrants with criminal charges or convictions. The data, as of July 2024, is broken down by those in detention, and those who are not in detention — known as the non-detained docket. The non-detained docket includes illegal immigrants who have final orders of removal or are going through removal proceedings but are not detained in ICE custody. There are currently more than 7 million people on that docket.
The data says that, among those not in detention, there are 425,431 convicted criminals and 222,141 with pending criminal charges. […]
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