'The Worst of the Worst' Describes About 5 Percent of Who ICE Is Detaining

The claim that immigration enforcement is targeting 'the worst of the worst' violent criminals is mostly false. TRAC and an analysis of ICE's own booking data show about 70 to 73 percent of people taken into ICE custody have no criminal conviction, and only about 5 percent have a violent conviction; FactCheck.org documents the no-record share of arrestees rising to roughly 43 percent by January 2026. Aisha rates it Mostly False.