Kristi Noem strongly questioned on crime numbers committed by those arrested by ICE

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been strongly questioned about crime rates tied to ICE arrests, after a tense Face the Nation interview where she claimed “70 per cent” of people in ICE custody had violent criminal convictions, a figure swiftly challenged by the host and data from her own agency.

Critics say Noem’s numbers don’t match ICE’s own records, which show a far lower share of detainees with criminal convictions, and that many arrests target civil immigration violations rather than serious crimes.

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