Summary
A 60 Minutes investigation revealed that 75% of the 238 Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s Cecot prison have no criminal records.
Only 22% had non-violent offenses, and about a dozen face serious charges.
The administration used wartime authority under the Alien Enemies Act to justify the move, despite a federal judge calling the action “bad faith.”
DHS defended the deportations, claiming many migrants are uncharged criminals. Critics, including the ACLU, warn the process bypasses due process and sets a dangerous legal precedent.
This makes it sound like most of them had violent offenses. To clarify from the article:
75% had no criminal record
22% had “a criminal history—mostly for non-violent offenses like theft, shoplifting, and trespassing”
3% had “unclear records”
“A dozen of the 238 migrants were accused of murder, rape, assault, and kidnapping.”
Emphases mine. They were accused of those crimes, but not tried or convicted. Anyone can accuse anyone of anything at any time.