A new report written by Crime Prevention Research Center President Dr. John R. Lott based on data provided by the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) suggests that not only are the crimes committed by illegal migrants have cost U.S. taxpayers at least $166.5 billion, but that the severity of those crimes is much higher than American norms.
Earlier this year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed in a letter to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) that as of July 21, 2024, there are 662,566 illegal migrants with criminal histories on the Non-Detained Docket, meaning they are freely living in the United States.
Within this subset of 662,566 illegal border crossers, a total of 435,719 on the docket – more than 65 percent – are documented to have criminal convictions in their home countries while another 226,847 have pending criminal charges.
Out of the total crimes committed by the migrants on the docket, 14,944 – or 2.25 percent – are homicides; 20,061 are sexual assaults, 105,146 are assaults, 126,343 are traffic offenses, and 60,268 are burglaries, larcenies, or robberies.
FBI crime statistics show that in 2023 in the United States, about 0.16 percent of reported crimes were for homicide/non-negligent manslaughter – meaning that the rate of convicted killers in the Non-Detained Docket alone is more than 13 times that of the rate of reported homicides when compared to American crimes.