Only 3% of individuals taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the first 14 months of Donald Trump's second administration had a violent felony conviction in the United States, according to an ABC News analysis of government data published on 12 June 2026.
The findings directly follow Trump's repeated pledge to go after the 'worst of the worst' criminal offenders residing in the country without legal status. Of the 438,537 people detained between 20 January 2025 and 11 March 2026, just 13,018 had a violent felony conviction on record. The analysis defined 'violent felony' as homicide, sexual assault, robbery, or assault.
