Over the past week, former President Donald Trump has been making a bold claim: "Over 13,000, the exact number's 13,099, convicted illegal alien murderers are now on the loose," he said during a campaign rally on October 1. A few days before that, Trump wrote on Truth Social that "13,000 convicted murderers entered our Country during [Kamala Harris'] three and a half year period as Border Czar."
That number comes from a letter that Rep. Tony Gonzales (R–Texas) shared on X last week. The letter, which is from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), describes the noncitizens on the agency's docket who have been convicted of or charged with crimes. There are currently 13,099 "non-detained" noncitizens on the docket who have been convicted of homicide, according to ICE.
