{"id":2446647,"date":"2025-06-12T18:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-urges-ice-to-prioritize-arrests-of-criminal-illegal-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:05:02","slug":"gop-urges-ice-to-prioritize-arrests-of-criminal-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-urges-ice-to-prioritize-arrests-of-criminal-illegal-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP urges ICE to prioritize arrests of criminal illegal immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-urges-ice-to-prioritize-arrests-of-criminal-illegal-immigrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2446647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Members of the Republican Congressional Hispanic Conference are advocating for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to concentrate its enforcement efforts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxine-waters-says-accusations-of-border-patrol-whipping-haitian-migrants-are-worse-than-what-we-witnessed-in-slavery\/\" title=\"Maxine Waters Says Accusations Of Border Patrol \u2018Whipping\u2019 Haitian Migrants Are \u2018Worse Than What We Witnessed In Slavery\u2019\">apprehending illegal immigrants<\/a> who have committed crimes. In a letter led by CHC Chairman Tony Gonzales and co-signed by five other House Republicans, they urged acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-controversies-to-remember-from-bidens-presidency-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Five controversies to remember from Biden&#039;s presidency - Washington Examiner\">prioritize violent offenders<\/a> and convicted criminals among undocumented immigrants. The lawmakers argued that focusing resources on noncriminal immigrants diverts attention away from more meaningful threats, such as terrorists and cartel operatives. They emphasized the need for a strategic approach to immigration enforcement and requested statistics from ICE regarding the criminal backgrounds of the 100,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pat-fallon-rails-against-tim-walz-likening-ice-agents-to-gestapo\/\" title=\"Pat Fallon rails against Tim Walz likening ... agents to \u2018Gestapo\u2019\">000 illegal immigrants arrested<\/a> as January,setting a deadline for responses by June 30.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans urge ICE to prioritize arrests of illegal immigrants to those who have committed crimes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2144914\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Members of the Republican Congressional Hispanic Conference are urging Immigration and Customs Enforcement to focus its arrests of illegal immigrants on those who have committed crimes.<\/p>\n<p>CHC Chairman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) led five other House Republicans in a letter to acting ICE Director Todd Lyons asking the agency to &ldquo;give absolute priority to every violent offender and convicted criminal<br \/>illegal alien,&rdquo; according to a press release issued Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3440010\/ex-lapd-officer-anti-ice-los-angeles-riots-rodney-king-bass\/\">Ex-LAPD officer: Anti-ICE riot could rival Rodney King if Bass doesn&#8217;t quell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3439710\/fbi-la-riot-arrest-bionic-shield-masks\/\">FBI arrests suspect behind &#8216;Bionic Shield&#8217; masks in LA riots<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3439658\/schwarzenegger-california-will-rebound-from-anti-ice-riots\/\">Arnold Schwarzenegger says California will rebound from anti-ICE riots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;While we do agree that we are a nation of laws &mdash; and that all who crossed our borders illegally are subject to those laws &mdash; there are levels of priority that must be considered when it comes to immigration enforcement,&rdquo; the six lawmakers wrote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gonzales.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/5\/5\/55b603eb-95a2-4c49-93c4-a07537637e17\/B551F4E79CA0DB711B73B9912E954A410CDE2DE4B5DDF6A242291AD064359DD5.6.11.25-chc-ice-letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">letter<\/a>. &ldquo;Every minute that we spend pursuing an individual with a clean record is a minute less that we dedicate to apprehending terrorists or cartel operatives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), David Valadao (R-CA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), and Gabe Evans (R-CO) signed the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers walked a careful line, not criticizing the Trump administration for targeting noncriminal illegal immigrants as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-border-plan-make-illegal-entry-a-state-crime-expand-287g-program-more-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DeSantis\u2019 border plan: Make illegal entry a state crime, expand 287(g) program, more - Washington Examiner\">mass deportation efforts<\/a>, but instead calling for an increase in efforts to go after the most dangerous criminals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We stand by President [Donald] Trump to ensure our border security is restored. However, in order to truly claim success, we need to give absolute priority to every violent offender and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >convicted criminal illegal alien present<\/a> in our nation,&rdquo; the lawmakers wrote. &ldquo;Diverting limited resources to other objectives puts our national security at risk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>ICE previously revealed in correspondence with Gonzales that more than 600,000 illegal immigrants with criminal charges were in the United States awaiting proceedings in immigration court.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3438693\/congress-passes-halt-fentanyl-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CONGRESS SENDS BILL TO TRUMP THAT CLASSIFIES FENTANYL AS SCHEDULE I DRUG<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The caucus members asked ICE to release how many of the 100,000 illegal immigrants it has arrested since January were convicted criminals or had ties to criminal organizations, the obstacles that it has faced repatriating illegal immigrants, what it needs from Congress to boost its efforts, and other related questions.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers gave ICE a deadline of June 30 to answer those questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2144914\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2144914\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans call on ICE to focus arrests on criminal illegal immigrants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2446648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/farmworkers.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6203,8364,33009],"class_list":["post-2446647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gop","tag-ice","tag-illegal-immigration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/farmworkers.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446651,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446647\/revisions\/2446651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}