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the Lake and Riley Act has removed over twenty thousand illegal criminals from our streets

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Mike Collins, at Georgia U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (Atlanta News First)

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Why we checked itSpecific numerical claim about the impact of a named piece of legislation — 20,000 removals — is verifiable against law enforcement and immigration data
What we foundThe Laken Riley Act has led to over 17,000–21,400 arrests of illegal immigrants under the Act's qualifying crimes, but the claim of 'over twenty thousand' removals overstates both the scale and the nature of the outcome, as official figures describe arrests and detentions — not confirmed removals — and the lower end of reported figures falls below 20,000.
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