The New York Post reported that roughly 75% of those arrested in Midtown Manhattan and many other parts of New York City were immigrants.

Illegal immigrants and other foreign nationals living in shelters are flooding New York City's criminal justice system. According to These immigrants are being arrested for robbery, assault, domestic violence and other crimes across New York City, according to law enforcement sources who spoke to The Post on condition of anonymity. (Related article: Police say a previously deported illegal immigrant randomly stabbed a girl during a baseball game)

“About 75 percent of arrests in Midtown Manhattan are immigrants, mostly for robbery, assault, domestic violence and selling counterfeit goods,” a Midtown police officer told The Post, explaining that the figure is an estimate and “not 100 percent certain.” [they’re migrants] Unless you arrest them at the shelter or they're stupid enough to give out the address of the shelter.”

The New York Police Department (NYPD) does not track data on immigration status because officers are prohibited from asking about the immigration status of crime victims, witnesses or suspects, a law enforcement spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation on Tuesday.

Another officer added that, excluding petty theft, the rate of local Manhattan arrests involving immigrants is “easily” 75 percent, due to drugstores' preference for luxury goods, according to the Washington Post.

“They're not interested in low-cost stores; they like Lululemon and Sunglass Hut,” the source said, noting that immigrants are involved in the majority of pickpocket, chain and cellphone snatching cases handled by the NYPD.

The border guards 7 million Since the Biden-Harris administration took office, there has been a surge in migrants illegally crossing the southern border, including hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who entered the United States through other programs created by the White House. Many of these migrants are concentrated in New York City, where city officials have said: Over 200,000 people From 2022 onwards, as migrants arrive, the city's losses will be around $1.5 billion Even just in 2023.

The influx of huge numbers of immigrants into the city has led to a number of high-profile crimes.

A homeless illegal immigrant in Brooklyn was arrested last month after he allegedly raped a woman at knifepoint. Previously arrested In other incidents of immigrant crime in New York, a group of people allegedly punched an NYPD officer while shoplifting, another illegal immigrant opened fire on two officers on foot, and another illegal immigrant was arrested by police. Allegedly raped A 13-year-old girl was held at knifepoint.

“New York City has eliminated the tools to weed out violent criminals. What a terrible situation,” Jim Quinn, a veteran former prosecutor in the Queens District Attorney's Office, told The Post.

“Sanctuary city laws are pathetic. They're terrible. They're insane,” Quinn continued.

Mayor Eric Adams has stepped up his support for repealing the city's sanctuary law, and a group of moderate New York City Council members have introduced legislation to do just that. But so far, legislation aimed at repealing the sanctuary law has not made much headway, and the effort has failed because a ballot measure on the law was not placed on the November ballot for New York City voters to decide directly.

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