Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week warned noncitizen felons with felony convictions that they will “lose the privilege” of being in the United States — in the type of strong language rarely used by the Biden administration.

“Noncitizens convicted of a crime lose the privilege of being in the United States,” ICE’s Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in New York said Tuesday.

This statement comes as she announces multiple arrests in New York, a sanctuary city that limits cooperation with ICE detainees. These detainees are requesting that ICE be notified of the release of a potentially deportable suspect so that he or she can be placed in ICE custody. This means ICE agents must go out into the community to make arrests of immigrant criminals.

TRUMP SOUNDS ALARM ON MURDERERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: “A LOT OF BAD GENES IN OUR COUNTRY”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seek to arrest an undocumented immigrant during an operation in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn on April 11, 2018 in New York. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The ICE report notes the arrest of a 45-year-old Jamaican citizen convicted of forcible touching and a 34-year-old Guatemalan man convicted of illegal reentry. Officers also arrested a 38-year-old Dominican citizen accused of sexual misconduct and “criminal sexual act.”

The Biden administration has said it is prioritizing threats to public safety and national security as part of its narrow enforcement priorities. However, he has been criticized for a sharp drop in evictions compared to the previous administration.

Recently, the deportation of criminals has come under scrutiny after figures showed that among people facing deportation proceedings but not in ICE custody, there are 425,431 convicted criminals. This is up from around 405,000 in June 2021 and 368,000 in April 2016.

New poll finds Trump has significant lead on immigration and border security in key battleground state

Overall, the register of non-detained persons, which lists persons subject to expulsion proceedings or who have been subject to a final expulsion decision but who are not detained by the ICE, has expanded to more than 7.4 million people, up from about 3.7 million when former President Donald Trump left the country. desk.

Immigration has become a major election issue, with Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris striving to be seen as tougher than the other on the border crisis.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE ON THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS

A number of polls, however, have shown Trump to be the most trusted candidate among voters on border security and immigration.

Harris hammered Trump over his failure to support a bipartisan border security bill that would have increased border funding and limited inland releases. Conservatives said the bill would only codify high levels of illegal immigration. Trump has accused the administration of fueling the crisis with its liberal border policies.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

He recently commented on the number of criminal illegal immigrants in the country.

“You know, now a murderer, I believe it’s in their genes. And we have a lot of bad genes in our country right now,” he said.