Trump and allies mischaracterize data on immigrants with criminal convictions. Here's context on what the numbers actually show.

In recent days, former President Donald Trump and his allies have cited recently released data on immigrants with criminal convictions to claim that the Biden administration has allowed tens of thousands of criminals into the U.S., including thousands of murderers and sexual offenders.

"Kamala should immediately cancel her News Conference because it was just revealed that 13,000 convicted murderers entered our Country during her three and a half year period as Border Czar," Trump wrote in a social media post Friday. "Also currently in our Country because of her are 15,811 migrants convicted of rape and sexual assault."

Trump was presumably citing a letter U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently shared with Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales. The letter, which Gonzalez published on Friday, contained figures on immigrants with criminal records being tracked by ICE but not detained by the agency. Trump and right-wing figures have mischaracterized the data by claiming that everyone on the list entered under the Biden administration and remains freely in the U.S.