Migrant Crime Is Decimating Sanctuary Cities

Migrant crime is destroying the quality of life in New York and other so-called sanctuary cities, and hopefully, President-Elect Trump will soon stop this madness!

Many people hear the word “sanctuary” and take it to mean offering hospitality to the needy. Not as regards immigration. When it comes to people who have entered the US illegally, “sanctuary” specifically means barring local law enforcement from notifying ICE when an illegal is arrested. It shields wrongdoers from being deported after their first offense, allowing them to stay in the “sanctuary city” and commit more crimes.

Right now, as you read this article, there are over 660,000 illegal migrants already convicted of felonies or facing charges who have come across the southern border and been released into the US Some are in jail — on the taxpayers’ tab, of course — having been nabbed for committing more crimes once they got here, but many are walking free, spreading their criminality across the nation.

Over 58,000 of these known criminals have come to New York City alone, including 1,000 known members of South American gangs, like Tren de Aragua, that are making city-operated shelters into their headquarters.

New York Police Department crime stats show that in Manhattan’s Midtown North, known for Radio City Music Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the theatre district, robberies are up 90%, and felony assaults jumped 73% over a year ago. Cops say 75% of arrests in midtown Manhattan for robberies, assaults, and other crimes are migrants.

How did this happen? Migrants are no longer vetted at the border. The numbers are too large, and President Joe Biden has scaled back detention facilities, forcing border personnel to release almost everyone into the US immediately rather than hold them while background checks are done.

Biden also slapped new rules on ICE, limiting what types of felons can be removed once their criminal past is discovered. Not all felonies are disqualifying. New rules also bar ICE from removing illegals with serious mental illness, according to a 2024 report from the General Accounting Office.

President-elect Donald Trump warned repeatedly that some countries are “emptying their prisons. They’re emptying their mental institutions.” Biden’s rules welcomed them all.

During the last election, the far left and their media allies like CNN and the NY Times insisted, “There is no migrant crime surge,” adding that “immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than people born in the U.S.” It was a big lie.

Here is the truth. The Federation for American Immigration Reform found that illegals were far more likely to commit a crime landing them in prison than legal residents: twice as likely in New York and California, three times as likely in New Jersey, and five times as likely in Arizona.

President-Elect Trump is set to crack down on both legal and illegal immigration, and in a recent interview, said he intends to end the practice of birthright citizenship.

“We have to get the criminals out of our country,” Trump said, later adding: “But we’re starting with the criminals, and we got to do it. And then we’re starting with others, and we’re going to see how it goes.”