Trump Administration Takes Credit for Crime Drop It Previously Denied Existed
A new report by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) found that homicides are significantly down in major cities across the country compared to last year, and the Trump administration is claiming its mass deportation program is part of the reason.
“HOMICIDES DOWN 17% across 30 U.S. cities under President [Donald] Trump and [Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem],” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted on X Monday. “The rapid arrests and deportations of criminal illegal aliens are having real impact on public safety.”
????HOMICIDESÂ DOWN 17% across 30 U.S. cities under President Trump and @Sec_Noem.
The rapid arrests and deportations of criminal illegal aliens are having real impact on public safety.
Check out these stats: pic.twitter.com/oW6c7NwBeF
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 28, 2025
In a Fox News op-ed published Monday, Brett Tolman, the executive director of Right on Crime, a conservative-leaning criminal justice advocacy group, and Ja’Ron K. Smith, a White House special assistant, also explicitly tied the CCJ report’s numbers to Trump’s immigration policies.
Tolman and Smith write that “what the report doesn’t say out loud is that the timing is no coincidence.”Â
“President Donald Trump is simply enforcing immigration laws already on the books—proof that we don’t need more laws; we just need leaders with the backbone to enforce the laws we have,” Tolman and Smith continued. “The results are undeniable: communities nationwide are seeing tangible improvements in public safety.”
First, one must begin by congratulating the Trump administration on its sudden, enthusiastic embrace of crime statistics. Trump and his reelection campaign repeatedly claimed in 2024 that crime was spiking even though it had been generally dropping since 2022.
“Homicides Are Skyrocketing in American Cities Under Kamala Harris,” the Trump campaign falsely declared last August.
At an October presidential debate, Trump again claimed, “crime in this country is through the roof.” When a debate moderator told Trump that preliminary FBI data showed a steep drop in violent crime in 20
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