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ICE reveals sanctuary jurisdictions that have released the most criminal aliens
New U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency records show that more than 25,000 of the agency’s detainer requests were declined by sanctuary jurisdictions throughout the country over the last few years, resulting in the release of dozens of illegal immigrants convicted of homicide.
A total of 72 criminal aliens with homicide convictions or charges were released from U.S. jails despite having ICE detainers between Oct. 1, 2022, and Feb. 6, 2025, according to ICE data provided to the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which tracks the immigration laws of states and local municipalities.
Seventeen of those releases came from just three detention centers: the Illinois River Corrections Center and Santa Clara County jails, which released six, and the Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois, which released five.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom; Santa Clara County Main Jail (Getty)
The data comes as debate over «sanctuary» jurisdictions, those that limit or ban local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, has intensified as President Donald Trump has doubled down on his campaign promise of mass deportations.
Trump has hinted at federal action against the jurisdictions in recent weeks, including a Truth Social post Thursday in which the president threatened to withhold federal funding.
«No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims,» Trump wrote in the post. «They are disgracing our Country, and are being mocked all over the World. Working on papers to withhold all Federal Funding for any City or State that allows these Death Traps to exist!!!»
Meanwhile, the ICE data provided insight into which jurisdictions were the least compliant with the agency’s detainer requests. Those numbers show that more than half (52%) of the declined detainer requests were from jails in California, which is considered a sanctuary state by CIS.
President Donald Trump has doubled down on campaign promises of mass deportations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Other states with a large share of declined detainers were Illinois, Virginia, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Illinois, Massachusetts and Connecticut are all sanctuary states, according to CIS, while Virginia does not have a statewide sanctuary policy but is home to dozens of jurisdictions with their own such policies.
«It’s shocking that over half of the declined detainers were refused by jails and prisons in California,» Alfonso Aguilar, the director of Hispanic engagement at the American Principles Project, told Fox News Digital. «Gov. [Gavin] Newsom and mayors in the state have a lot of explaining to do to their constituents.»
Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.
The main jail in Santa Clara County was responsible for the highest number of declined detainers, the ICE data showed, with nearly 3,000 criminal aliens being released during the 2022-2025 period.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has overseen the sanctuary state of California, the state with the highest portion of declined ICE detainers. (Getty Images)
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Cook County Jail in Illinois and Fairfax County Adult Detention Center in Virginia were also responsible for a large share of released criminal aliens, with both declining more than 1,000 ICE detainers during the same period.
«What’s happening in these jurisdictions is unconscionable,» Aguilar said. «Their leaders evidently don’t believe that illegal immigrants that have been charged or convicted with crimes should be removed from their communities. And by ignoring ICE detainers and releasing them into the community, they’re putting in danger the lives and property of their citizens.»
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Progressive Democrats spoke out against antisemitism following a terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, in which an Egyptian national set peaceful protesters on fire at a demonstration to bring Israeli hostages home.
«I am horrified by last night’s horrific attack in Boulder,» progressive Democrat and potential 2028 presidential candidate,Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said on X. «My heart is with the victims and our Jewish communities across the country. Antisemitism is on the rise here at home, and we have a moral responsibility to confront and stop it everywhere it exists.»
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who was voted off the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 2023 and was hit with a censure resolution in 2024 for alleged antisemitism, condemned the violence on Monday.
«I’m holding the victims and families in Boulder, Colorado in my heart,» Omar said in a social media post. «Violence against anyone is never acceptable. We must reject hatred and harm in all its forms.»
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Reps. Omar, left, and Ocasio-Cortez spoke out against the antisemitic attack in Boulder. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
While Omar’s censure resolution never passed, the House did vote to censure fellow «Squad» member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., in 2023 for alleged anti-Israel comments.
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«The violent attack in Boulder is horrific. My heart goes out to all of the victims and their families. Violence has no place in our communities,» Tlaib said on X.
Two progressive Democrats, who joined Congress in 2022, also slammed the «antisemitic attack» in social media statements.
«I am horrified by the antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado,» Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, who was elected in 2022, said on social media. «My thoughts are with the victims, their families, and Jewish communities across the country.
Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, condemned the antisemitic attack. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
«Yesterday’s antisemitic attack against those in Boulder, CO calling for the safe return of hostages is deplorable and heartbreaking,» Rep. Delia C. Ramirez, D-Ill., said on X, condemning both violence against Gaza and violence in our local U.S. communities.
«Neither bombing in Gaza nor violence perpetrated in our communities will bring us closer to peace. Only by recognizing our interconnected safety and shared humanity can we carve a path forward. As we hold those affected by the attack close, our nation’s leaders must unite to reject all forms of hate and violence that continue to make us all less safe, and to honor the dignity of every human life,» she added.
Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., the first Gen-Z congressman, admitted he should have supported a resolution in 2023 condemning antisemitism on college campuses. He joined the progressive Democrats on Monday who condemned the attack.
«I’m horrified to hear about the antisemitic attack in Boulder, just weeks after the shooting of two Israeli embassy officials in DC. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. There is no place for this hatred and violence — and we must keep working to end it. Political and bigoted violence in our country must be denounced swiftly and strongly by all,» he said.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
One of the original «Squad» members who was elected in 2018, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., added on X on Monday afternoon, «The antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado is horrifying and unacceptable. Violence against innocent people is never the answer. It will never bring justice for anyone, and we must do everything to root it out. I pray for the victims, their loved ones, and everyone impacted.»
The Massachusetts Democrat also spoke out against President Donald Trump on Monday.
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«Donald Trump wants to sow fear & chaos in our communities so we feel alone & defeated — but we won’t let him. Tune in as I join immigrant justice advocates, local leaders, & impacted families to tell Trump & ICE: Hands off our immigrant neighbors,» Pressley wrote on X, as she directed her followers to a livestreamed event condemning Trump’s deportation policies.
As of Monday afternoon, «Squad» member, Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania did not condemn the attack on social media. Lee’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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A naturalized U.S. citizen who pleaded guilty to receiving military training from the Islamic State in Syria was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in federal prison.
Lirim Sylejmani, 49, who was born in Kosovo and moved to Chicago about 25 years ago, engaged in at least one battle against U.S.-led coalition forces after he entered Syria a decade ago, according to prosecutors.
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington, D.C., handed down Sylejmani’s prison sentence, which will be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
Sylejmani pleaded guilty in December to one count of receiving military training from a foreign terrorist organization.
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A woman walks in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria’s Hasakeh province, where tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group have been living for years, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP)
«This defendant will spend a decade in prison thinking about the betrayal to this country,» wrote the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, also a former Fox News host.
«Anyone thinking that ISIS is the answer to their questions, best think again,» she continued. «We will go to any lengths to root out subversive individuals who want to overthrow the government and harm its citizens.»
In November 2015, Sylejmani and his family flew to Turkey before crossing the border into Syria, where he received training with other ISIS recruits until February 2019, when he was captured with his family by Syrian forces in Baghouz, Syria, according to prosecutors.
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His military training included instruction on how to assemble and fire an AK-47 rifle, as well as how to use a PK Machine gun, M-16 rifle and grenades.
Sylejmani was also once injured in a battle with Syrian forces in June 2016.
Prosecutors said Sylejmani, who adopted the name Abu Sulayman al-Kosovi, pledged «bayat,» or allegiance, to ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and to the ISIS organization in front of an Iraqi ISIS member.
He was transferred to the U.S. in September 2020 to face criminal charges in Washington, D.C.
Interim U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said: «Anyone thinking that ISIS is the answer to their questions, best think again.» (Drew ANGERER / AFP)
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«The conduct is far more than a single, impulsive act. He chose to jeopardize the safety of his family by bringing them to a war-torn country to join and take up arms for ISIS,» prosecutors wrote.
Sylejmani’s attorneys claim he is not a «committed jihadist» and does not espouse violence.
«He is guilt-ridden for his actions and the harm he has visited on his family, who remain detained in a refugee camp in Syria living under terrible conditions,» his lawyers wrote. «He wishes only to complete his time and find his wife and children, so he can live an average law-abiding life with them.»
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