US EditionDrug arrests down 11% and guns seized down 73% as feds focus on deportations: NYT
Civil immigration arrests rose from 5,000 to over 94,500 while drug arrests fell 11% and weapons seizures dropped 73%, reflecting shifted enforcement priorities under the Trump administration.
- The number of weapons seized by Homeland Security agents decreased dramatically by 73%, dropping from nearly 41,400 to fewer than 11,200, as reported by The New York Times.
- Child exploitation crime indictments declined by 28%, with about 300 fewer child victims identified or rescued, according to internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.
- A White House spokeswoman claimed that The New York Times was 'cherry-picking' statistics regarding the decline in drug arrests and weapon seizures.
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Drug and Weapons Seizures Plunge as DHS Shifts Agents to Immigration Crackdown, Internal Data Shows
The report shows that narcotics arrests fell by about 11%, new narcotics investigations declined by 15%, and weapons seizures dropped from nearly 41,400 to fewer than 11,200
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In the midst of strengthening the migration policies of President Donald Trump, special agents of the Homeland Security Department conducted fewer drug-related prisons and acquired a significantly smaller number of weapons in the last fiscal year, according to internal government documents obtained by The New York Times. Unique material for signatories. To have complete access, access the material link and make its daughter.
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