Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House had violent criminal records, according to new internal Department of Homeland Security data.

In the data obtained by CBS News, nearly 60% of those arrested over the past year had some kind of criminal charge or conviction. However, most of those offenses were nonviolent, ranging from drug and weapons cases to DUIs and burglary.

In early 2025, as the president and his new administration settled into the White House, “illegal” immigration was a major focus. In a statement, the administration reinforced its campaign promise to remove “illegal immigrant killers, rapists, and drug dealers from our streets.”

As data now shows, nearly 40% of ICE arrests over the past year involved people without criminal records, meaning ICE made more than triple the number of administrative arrests from the following year.

DHS logged about 2,100 arrests tied to homicide, 2,700 for robbery, 5,400 for sexual assault, and 43,000 for assault, plus smaller numbers for kidnapping and arson. Put together, those categories make up just under 14% of everyone ICE arrests.

"Drug trafficking, Distribution of child pornography, burglary, fraud, DUI, embezzlement, solicitation of a minor, and human smuggling are all categorized as 'nonviolent crimes,'" Tricia McLaughlin, a DHS spokesperson, said in a statement to CBS News.

​The data also shows how Trump’s messaging around gangs has stacked up against reality. Roughly 7,500 people — about 1.9% of all arrests — were accused of belonging to gangs such as Tren de Aragua, a group with roots in Venezuelan prisons that Trump has spotlighted in speeches and rallies.​

A previous CBS News and “60 Minutes” investigation shared that many of the men deported as alleged members of that gang had no obvious criminal record at all, raising fresh questions about who is being labeled a threat in the name of public safety.