<p>CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan claimed on Sunday that nearly half of the illegal immigrants being deported by President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration had neither been charged nor convicted of any crimes — but the Department of Homeland Security took a different view of things.</p>
<p>Brennan laid out the situation on &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; where she explained, &#8220;The number of detainees held by U.S. immigration and customs enforcement has reached a record high of nearly 66,000, according to data released Friday by DHS.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Earlier this month, our Camilo Montoya-Galvez reported that roughly half of those in custody have no criminal charges or convictions on their record,&#8221; she added, claiming that they were &#8220;being held solely because of alleged civil violations of immigration law &#8230; 48% of current detainees lack criminal charges or convictions.&#8221;</p>
<p>She went on to claim that the number of &#8220;non-criminal detainees&#8221; held by immigration officers had gone up more than 2,000% since Trump took office. She went on to share the most recent polling data stating that President Trump was slightly underwater on his handling of immigration — 45% approved, and 55% disapproved.</p>
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<p>The DHS struck back in an X post, however, and contested the data Brennan had put forth.</p>
<p>&#8220;WRONG. ~ 70% of illegal aliens arrested have pending criminal charges or criminal convictions. Does CBS really want us to release accused murderers and rapists back on the streets?&#8221; the DHS post read. &#8220;But @FaceTheNation is right about one thing: our deportation operations are at a RECORD HIGH.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">WRONG. ~ 70% of illegal aliens arrested have pending criminal charges or criminal convictions.</p>
<p>Does CBS really want us to release accused murderers and rapists back on the streets?</p>
<p>But <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FaceTheNation</a> is right about one thing: our deportation operations are at a RECORD HIGH. <a href="https://t.co/JFQ044rfZe">https://t.co/JFQ044rfZe</a></p>
<p>— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1992972952313249990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>A number of others pushed back as well, criticizing Brennan&#8217;s efforts to frame the illegal actions of illegal immigrants as &#8220;less than&#8221; when compared to others who had broken the law.</p>
<p>&#8220;100 percent of them are in the U.S. illegally. The real headline should be &#8216;Biden and Mayorkas allowed tens of thousands of violent criminal illegals to remain in the country,&#8217; but these propagandists aren’t about to go there,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/ThePowersThatBe/status/1992939864074166750">one said</a>.</p>

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