More than a quarter of a million people illegally present in the United States were removed from the country in fiscal year 2018, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Approximately half of the 158,000 people arrested by ICE — 80,730 — had been charged or convicted of driving under the influence, according to the agency’s annual report.
The second-highest category for arrests was for crimes related to “dangerous drugs,” followed by traffic offenses.
Immigration offenses — like having been deported once before — was a common denominator for more than 63,000 of the people arrested. – READ MORE