Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term to present day, Illinois’s sanctuary state policies have led to the release of nearly 1,800 illegal immigrants. Their crimes, however, are not limited to illegally crossing the border, but also include charges of murder, assault, burglary, robbery, and sex crimes.

This data was released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons on Monday. According to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Illinois officials have already failed “to honor ICE detainers,” which has “resulted in the release of 1,768 criminal illegal aliens since January 20.” The crimes of these convicted immigrants, many of whom are now roaming free within the state (or elsewhere), include the following: five charges of homicide, 141 charges of assault, 23 charges of burglary, four charges of robbery, 24 charges of dangerous drugs offenses, 15 charges of weapons offenses, and 10 charges of sexual predatory offenses.

As the DHS went on to highlight, “There are currently 4,015 aliens in the custody of an Illinois jurisdiction with an active detainer. The crimes of these aliens include 51 homicides, 1,134 assaults, 107 burglaries, 36 robberies, 275 dangerous drugs offenses, 120 weapons offenses, and 813 sexual predatory offenses.” Some egregious cases, as emphasized by the DHS, of illegal immigrants released by Governor Pritzker and other state sanctuary politicians, include:

• Victor Manuel Mendoza-Garcia — “arrested and convicted for 3 counts of aggravated kidnapping/ransom and sentenced to 18 years in [the] Illinois Department of Corrections in Cook County Court in Illinois. ICE’s detainer for Mendoza-Garcia was not honored. On November 12, ICE arrested Mendoza-Garcia where he remains in ICE custody.”
• Juan Alberto Caro Marin — arrested and convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim/family and sentenced to six years in [the] Illinois Department of Corrections. ICE’s detainer for Caro Marin was not honored. On November 9, ICE arrested Caro Marin where he is currently in ICE custody.
• Amilcar Waldo Gonzalez-Jimenez — “arrested and convicted for 1 count of driving under the influence and domestic battery and 2 counts of criminal sexual assault. ICE’s detainer for Gonzalez-Jimenez was not honored. On November 13, ICE arrested Gonzalez-Jimenez.”
• Jose Manuel Fuentes-Vargas — “arrested for domestic battery, violation of protection order, and convicted of sexual assault of a victim less than 13 years of age. ICE’s detainer for Fuentes-Vargas was not honored. On October 30, ICE arrested Fuentes-Vargas where he is currently in ICE custody.”

Several other examples put forth by the department included criminals who targeted children. Notably, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (D) received a letter from ICE in September. The agency requested state officials cooperate with ICE efforts to detain illegals, but Raoul’s office never responded.

As part of the newly released data, Assistant Secretary of the DHS Tricia McLaughlin asserted that “Governor Pritzker and his fellow Illinois sanctuary politicians are releasing murderers, pedophiles, and kidnappers back into our neighborhoods and putting American lives at risk.” She called “on Governor Pritzker and his administration to stop this dangerous derangement and commit to honoring the ICE arrest detainers of the more than 4,000 criminal illegal aliens in Illinois’ custody. It is common sense. Criminal illegal aliens should not be released back onto our streets to terrorize more innocent Americans.”

According to a letter from Lyons shared with Fox News, Illinois has “tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens” in custody that Lyons urged “should be swiftly removed from the United States and not be returned to our streets to wreak havoc on law-abiding citizens.”

As Erin Schniederjan, research assistant for Homeland Security, shared with The Washington Stand, “Illinois should repeal the TRUST Act, in which doing so would allow local law enforcement to participate in federal immigration enforcement. Illinois residents should also be empowered to sue state officials who obstruct federal law enforcement. The new ICE-out legislation Governor Pritzker just signed facilitates residents to sue federal law enforcement for enforcing federal immigration law, but Illinois residents still can’t hold state officials accountable for obstructing federal law enforcement.”

As Schniederjan went on to explain, “Sanctuary policies allow illegal aliens to be protected, and unrightfully so. Protecting illegal aliens, many of them being violent criminals, only puts communities at risk. Think of all of the crimes that could have been prevented and people that would still be with us if sanctuary policies didn’t exist.” Ultimately, she added, “If Illinois and other states alike actually cared about their residents, they would work with federal law enforcement to remove the illegal aliens who have no right to be here in the first place.”

Schniederjan concluded by calling for accountability: “The federal government can hold states accountable for harboring illegal aliens by revoking state and city funding.” Otherwise, “sanctuary jurisdictions will prioritize illegal aliens over their own citizens to maintain political power.”