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NYC home to nearly 60k ‘criminal’ migrants: Report

New York City has a population of nearly 60,000 illegal migrants who have either been convicted of a crime or currently have criminal charges pending agains them.

NewYorkCityispopulatedbyover58,000illegalmigrantswhoareconvictedoforfacingcriminalcharges. “It’sshockingthatDemocratshavegonesofaroutoftheirwaytoharborgangmembers,drugtraffickersandothercriminalswhoareinourcountryillegally,”Rep.NicoleMalliotakis,R-N.Y.,toldtheNewYorkPost. ThecommentsbyMalliotakis,whorepresentspartsofStatenIslandandBrooklyn,comeafterU.S.ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(ICE)agencydataobtainedbytheNewYorkPostshowed58,626ofthe759,218illegalimmigrantslivinginNewYorkCityhadpreviouslybeenconvictedofacrimeorhadcriminalchargespending,or7.7%ofthecity’sillegalmigrantpopulation. Ofthe58,626criminalmigrants,1,153are“suspectedorknowngangmembers,”thereportadded. VENEZUELANGANGMEMBERSLINKEDTOVIOLENTAPARTMENTTAKEOVERARRESTEDINNEWYORKCITY “Inmanycases,they’veprovidedthemwithhousing,foodandhealthcare.Theyneedtos