According to the NYPD, Illegals Make Up 75% of Arrests in Midtown

The streets of midtown Manhattan have been known to be overrun by rats, roaches, and vagrants. Now, you can add illegal migrant criminals to that lovely list.

Thanks to the failure of the Harris-Biden administration to secure the border, migrants are flooding the criminal justice system in New York City at higher rates than previously acknowledged, making up over half of arrests in multiple areas of the city.

As many as 75% of people arrested in Midtown Manhattan alone in recent months for crimes such as assault, robbery, and domestic violence have been illegal migrants, according to police reports shared with the N.Y. Post.

According to the reports, New York City courtrooms are packed with people who are in the city seeking asylum but have run afoul of the law, with police sources saying that lax bail guidelines mean migrants are quickly back on the streets of the city after being arrested.

“I would say about 75% of the arrests in Midtown Manhattan are migrants, mostly for robberies, assaults, domestic incidents and selling counterfeit items,” a Midtown Manhattan police officer told the New York Post, noting that “you can’t be 100% sure [they’re migrants] unless you arrest them in a shelter or they’re dumb enough to give you a shelter address.”

Believe it or not, 75% could be a conservative number!

The true scope of the problem is likely unknown, in large part because the police are not allowed to track the immigration status of people they detain.

“Police officers are prohibited from asking about the immigration status of crime victims, witnesses, or suspects, and therefore, the NYPD doesn’t track data pertaining to immigration statuses.,” an NYPD spokesperson told Fox News.

The problem is not just limited to Manhattan, with police sources telling the Post that more than 60% of arrests in Queens have also been migrants.

“There are days we have so many migrant cases, we have to call in for extra Spanish interpreters,” a law enforcement officer at the Queens Criminal Courthouse told the  Post.

In one case highlighted by the report, 31-year-old Ecuadorian migrant Jefferson Maldenado has been arrested in New York City five times since arriving in the U.S. earlier this year. His latest arrest was for stealing a pair of pants and a beer from a Target store, the report noted.

Police say the problem in the city has been made worse by New York City sanctuary city laws, which restrict police from working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on cases police believe involve a migrant who is in the country illegally.

“New York City eliminated a tool to get rid of violent criminals. What a mess,” Jim Quinn, a former prosecutor at the Queens District Attorney’s Office, told the New York Post. “The sanctuary city law is pathetic. It’s disgusting. It’s crazy.”

Meanwhile, some police officers in the city have become frustrated with the lack of progress, with one Queens officer arguing that New York City more resembles a “Third World Country.”

“Roosevelt Avenue and 91st Street looks like a scene from ‘Casablanca’ with all the vendors. You can buy food, clothes, toys, electronics, tools and get your car washed,” the police source told the New York Post. “The area has become a Third World country, and it seems like City Hall doesn’t give a sh*t about the taxpayers who live and work here.”