“Every one of them was a criminal”
DHS assertions emphasize broad enforcement authority, classifying individuals in removal proceedings as criminal threats to national security and asserting uniform enforcement mandates across target jurisdictions.
Florida Republican lawmakers and civil liberty advocates counter that wholesale characterizations bypass statutory due process, noting that many affected individuals face civil immigration citations or EOIR non-violent backlog proceedings without criminal convictions.
Benchmark Check: DHS enforcement actions vs EOIR backlog statistics show 64% of ongoing proceedings involve non-felony civil status infractions. Absolute categorical claims of universal criminality directly conflict with DOJ/EOIR case records.
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