Less than 14% of people detained by the Department of Homeland Security during the first year of the Trump administration's second term had a violent criminal record.
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REAL AF with Andy FrisellaOct 28, 2026
An internal DHS document, reported by CBS News and cited by FactCheck.org, shows fewer than 14% of the roughly 400,000 ICE arrests in Trump's first year back in office involved charges or convictions for violent crimes, so the figure is supported.
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What was said
… Apparently, ah, but James not only clap back on, on, ah, on Twitter, he was also, ah, they interviewed him, and it kind of like a post follow up for 60 Minutes, and he was mopping the fucking floor with that lady. Check this out: Based on an internal DHS document that we had access to in the Trump administration's first year in office for this second term, less than 14% percent of people detain by had a violent criminal record, less than 14%. So, one of the tricks that people do is they use this violent crime label. It's an incredibly misleading label. There are many horrible, horrible crimes that people do not classify as violent crimes. Let me give you some examples: child pornography. …
REAL AF with Andy Frisella · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. FactCheck.org, a tier-1 source, reports that about 14% of nearly 400,000 ICE arrests in 2025 involved people with charges or convictions for violent crimes, according to an internal DHS document.[1]
Supports. Multiple outlets reporting the CBS News leak state that fewer than 14% of immigrants arrested over the first year of Trump's second term had charges or convictions for violent offenses.[3][4][5][6]
Context. The sources describe the population as people arrested by ICE and other enforcement agencies, including those picked up from jails and prisons, rather than only people in detention at a given time; the claim's 'detained' wording is a minor difference.[4][7]
Context. An independent New York Times analysis cited by the Independent found an even lower share (7%) with violent convictions, which is consistent with the claim's upper bound of 14%.[4]
Context. PolitiFact notes that the share of immigrants with convictions or pending charges depends on the time frame measured, and that government data shows most detainees have not committed violent crimes.[2]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 5 not rated
- 1Trump's Misleading Crime Drop Claimsfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Looking back at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's falsehoodspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3DHS data shows 1 in 5 immigrant arrest are violent criminals - Audacyaudacy.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE had violent ...independent.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Immigration Data Shows Who 'the Worst of the Worst' Really Areusnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Data on sweeping immigrant detentions underscores US bishops' concerns, says policy expertncronline.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE had violent criminal recordsthe-independent.com · not rated · cited for: context
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