ICE Says It’s Caught-and-Released 506,232 Illegal Aliens Who Are Now Fugitives

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) says that as of Sunday, Sept. 5, it had caught-and-released 506,232 illegal aliens who are now fugtives. That is more than the population of Sacramento, California, which currently numbers 486,189.

Fugitive illegal aliens are individuals who were apprehended ICE for being in the United States illegally and then were released ahead of their court proceedings and deemed fugitive when they failed to appear in court.

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Hale [Brian P. Hale, director of public affairs at ICE] said that ICE personnel are spending more time arresting criminal illegal aliens rather than fugitive illegal aliens.

“It is important to note that our fugitive operations teams now can spend up to 30 percent of their time arresting convicted criminals at-large,” Hale said. “Thus, their fugitive arrests don’t reflect all of their work.”

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