Police sources estimate that has much as 75% of arrests in Midtown Manhattan and more than 60% in Queens are of illegal immigrants, according to a report in the New York Post.
Migrants are flooding the criminal justice system in New York City at higher rates than previously acknowledged, making up over half of arrests in multiple areas of the city. As many as 75% of people arrested in Midtown Manhattan in recent months for crimes such as assault, robbery and domestic violence have been migrants, police sources said in a report for the New York Post.
In one case highlighted by the report, 31-year-old Ecuadorian migrant Jefferson Maldenado has been arrested in New York City five times since arriving in the U.S. earlier this year. His latest arrest was for stealing a pair of pants and a beer from a Target store, the report noted. 'I wanted to change my clothes and think,' the migrant said when asked why he committed the crime, according to the report. 'I wanted to sit down and think about my life, about what to do.
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