Rep.Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., claimed Tuesday that "for the first time this summer," the majority of people arrested by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "pose absolutely no threat to public safety."Speaking during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on immigration enforcement, Jayapal argued the Trump administration has increasingly focused its immigration enforcement on immigrants without criminal convictions or pending criminal charges rather than those with criminal records."For the first time this summer, the majority of people that DHS arrested were people who pose absolutely no threat to public safety, and the number of people with criminal convictions who are arrested by ICE actually decreased — decreased, not increased," Jayapal said. HOMAN CONFIRMS 'CRIMINAL' INVESTIGATION INVOLVING ILHAN OMAR, SAYS HE KNOWS 'THINGS ARE GOING ON’Rep.
Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., claimed Tuesday that "for the first time this summer," the majority of people arrested by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "pose absolutely no threat to public safety." (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)She argued the administration's enforcement priorities are making communities "less safe.""That’s because when DHS expends all of its energy to go after parents, longtime friends, neighbors, when [Homeland Security Investigations] agents who are supposed to investigate serious crime and human trafficking are instead being moved to street sweeps and riding along with local police for random traffic stops, we are less safe, not more safe."Jayapal's comments echoed claims her office made in a Sept.1 press release, which said ICE data showed "the majority of people they arrest have zero criminal charges or convictions" and that arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions or pending criminal charges had increased 770%.Independent analyses of ICE data have likewise found that while overall ICE arrests reached record highs during the summer, the share of people arrested ...