Had this discussion with someone the other day, before all this new chaos. They deleted their comments after I posted this:
Let's use DHS' own numbers from December 2025 and their number that they have taken 20,000 violent criminals off the streets in the US..
From December 2025 DHS numbers, 8% of those arrested have felony criminal records, 73% have no criminal record, and the other 19% have a misdemeanor offense (think traffic violation or something to that extent).
So, if 20,000 are the "worst of the worst" (8%), that would mean that DHS has arrested a total of 250,000 people. That would mean 182,500 of them have absolutely no criminal record on file. 47,500 have a misdemeanor on their record.
This is not and never was about "law and order". It is not a criminal offense to undocumented in the US, it is a civil violation, and is to be handled by immigration judges. If you are actually caught in the act of crossing the border illegally, it is a misdemeanor, not a felony. The fact that this administration came into office and changed the rules (through executive orders, not even through Congress, which Republicans/Trump control) in the middle of the game on people doing it the right way, is corrupt. Going into immigration offices and taking people who were following the rules and checking in like they were supposed to is corrupt. Showing up at Nataralization Ceremonies and pulling people out, people that followed the rules and were set to become citizens, is corrupt. Racially profiling people who have committed no crime, is corrupt.
I really hope that once this administration has set sail, that the US has their own version of the Nuremburg Trials........
Of course, now we can add that sending 10 thugs to wrestle and beat a US citizen, and then play judge and jury and execute him, is corrupt.