{"id":2553693,"date":"2026-01-27T04:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-says-about-2-3-of-illegal-immigrants-ice-deported-had-criminal-records\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T04:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:44:42","slug":"fetterman-says-about-2-3-of-illegal-immigrants-ice-deported-had-criminal-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-says-about-2-3-of-illegal-immigrants-ice-deported-had-criminal-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman says \u2018about 2\/3\u2018 of illegal immigrants ICE deported had criminal records"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ffetterman-says-about-2-3-of-illegal-immigrants-ice-deported-had-criminal-records%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=2553693&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>Sen. John Fetterman, in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, defended recent ICE enforcement actions after teh fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent. He blamed the Biden administration and DHS secretary mayorkas for earlier lapses in border security but also said he credits the president for recent efforts to secure the border. Fetterman argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >removing criminal illegal immigrants<\/a> is necessary\u2014saying roughly two\u2011thirds of those deported by ICE had criminal records or were engaged in criminal behavior\u2014and called for a pathway to citizenship for noncriminal, hard\u2011working migrants. He expressed regret over Pretti\u2019s death, rejected comparisons of ICE or opponents to Nazis or the Gestapo, and urged bipartisan, \u201ccommonsense\u201d reforms to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-union-declares-only-one-man-can-fix-immigration-crisis-endorses-trump\/\" title=\"... Patrol Union Declares &#039;Only One Man Can Fix&#039; ... Crisis, Endorses Trump\">make immigration enforcement<\/a> more effective and humane. Fetterman also said he would not support moves that could trigger another goverment shutdown over funding for enforcement agencies.  <\/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\">Fetterman says &lsquo;about 2\/3&lsquo; of illegal immigrants ICE deported had criminal records<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2484692\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/businesses-nationwide-participated-in-a-day-without-immigrants-protest-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Businesses nationwide participated in a \u2018day without immigrants\u2019 protest - Washington Examiner\">illegal immigration enforcement operations<\/a> have come under heavy scrutiny from Democrats after the fatal shooting of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4434172\/agents-involved-alex-pretti-killing-body-cameras\/\">Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent <\/a>on Saturday, Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) offered a different perspective during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night. The Pennsylvania senator defended the necessity of illegal immigration enforcement operations.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman first took aim at the Biden administration, blasting the former president for failing on border security and immigration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4434856\/russia-cash-bonuses-frees-prisoners-to-replenish-troops-ukraine\/\">Russia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops in Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4434829\/republicans-appeal-new-york-city-house-district\/\">Republicans appeal ruling that scrapped New York City&#8217;s sole GOP House district<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4434813\/trump-endorsement-indiana-state-senator-redistricting\/\">Trump backs challenger to Indiana state senator who voted against redistricting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;President Biden did a terrible job, and our border was effectively open at that point,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/fetterman-opposes-shutdown-efforts-democratic-colleagues-move-block-ice-funding-bill\">said<\/a> Fetterman. &ldquo;Biden and Mayorkas did not secure our border, and I tried to warn my party back in 2023 that this would cost us in the election, and America deserves to secure our border. I don&rsquo;t know why every American can&rsquo;t agree with that thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman then stressed that removing illegal immigrant criminals from the country was a positive development, one that all Americans should support. He also called for reforms that would allow non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-paying-for-illegal-immigrants-to-self-deport-in-pilot-program\/\" title=\"Florida paying for illegal immigrants to self-deport in pilot program\">-criminal illegal immigrants<\/a> a path toward citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Another thing that&rsquo;s the truth that we should all agree to deport all of the criminals that are here in our nation right now,&rdquo; Fetterman said. &ldquo;As for me, as a pro-immigration Democrat, I do think we need to develop a way for citizenship for the very hard-working migrants that are amid us now too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do have to give credit to the president for securing our border,&rdquo; Fetterman said.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman addressed the controversy surrounding Pretti&rsquo;s death in Minneapolis, expressing regret over his death. However, he also stressed the need for the kind of illegal immigration enforcement federal officers were doing over the weekend in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the tragedy that happened, and we&rsquo;ve lost two American citizens, I don&rsquo;t think anyone in America wants that or that they would have voted for those things,&rdquo; Fetterman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hannity then asked Fetterman about the criminal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigration\/\">illegal immigrants<\/a> apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota, an effort that Fetterman was supportive of, including citing statistics showing the percentage of criminals arrested by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">ICE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The latest statistics that I&rsquo;ve seen about ICE, the people that, nationalwide [sic], they have deported, about &#8532; of the ones that have criminal, whether a record or they were actually active in criminal behaviors, &#8532;, so that&rsquo;s what I think America, the vast majority of America, wants to deport those folks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman and Hannity also discussed the inflammatory rhetoric used by Democrats in recent years to describe ICE agents, federal officers, and political opponents, including such harsh insults as calling them &ldquo;fascists,&rdquo; &ldquo;Nazis,&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Gestapo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would never ever compare anybody to Nazis or the Gestapo or for those kinds of things,&rdquo; Fetterman said. &ldquo;Nazis are &hellip; that&rsquo;s just not appropriate, and that&rsquo;s why I refuse to do that.&nbsp; Or refer to Republicans or parts of ICE, they&rsquo;re not Nazis. For me, that&rsquo;s something as a Democrat, I refuse to ever engage in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman was also asked about Democrats voting against a bill that would fund agencies that engage in illegal immigration enforcement operations, such as the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. Voting against such a bill could lead to another government shutdown, the second in less than 90 days. Fetterman rejected the idea and said he would not support legislative efforts that would lead to another government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4432691\/what-to-know-fatal-shooting-border-patrol-minnesota\/\"><strong>WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FATAL SHOOTING OF ALEX PRETTI IN MINNESOTA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was one of the Democrats that led to pushback about the government shutdown last year, and for about 45 days they kept things shutdown,&rdquo; Fetterman said. &ldquo;And if the Democrats vote to shut it down, now our entire military won&rsquo;t get paid again. I can&rsquo;t ever support that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman suggested the two parties work together to avoid a shutdown, including embracing potential &ldquo;commonsense&rdquo; reforms to ICE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I absolutely hope we can engage in a debate and make some of the kinds of commonsense reforms on ICE and make it more safe, more humane, and more effective, and just focus exclusively on the criminals. I hope that&rsquo;s possible. But for me, I remain to be the one Democrat, at least, that refuse to shut our government down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Fetterman: ICE deported ~2\/3 had criminal records<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2553694,"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\/05\/john-fetterman-senate-may-2025.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6184,7921,8364,33009],"class_list":["post-2553693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-deportation","tag-fetterman","tag-ice","tag-illegal-immigration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/john-fetterman-senate-may-2025.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553693","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2553693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2553697,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553693\/revisions\/2553697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2553694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2553693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2553693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2553693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}