Excitable Rep. Dan Goldman (D) Asks DHS For One Example Where Sanctuary Cities Didn’t Turn Over Illegal Criminals

This really didn’t work out well for him

WATCH: Dem demands ‘one case’ where sanctuary cities didn’t turn over illegal immigrants; DHS provides list

A New York City congressman drew swift pushback from Republicans and the Department of Homeland Security after claiming sanctuary jurisdictions turn over removable criminal illegal immigrants to federal authorities upon completion of their sentences.

Rep. Daniel Goldman, a Democrat representing Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, was responding to remarks about the immigration system from Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Tom McClintock, R-Calif., during a markup of a bill that would enshrine President Donald Trump’s border security orders into law.

“Sanctuary cities, I ask you please cite one case where there was a criminal conviction, the defendant served his time and was convicted of a removable offense under the [Immigration & Nationality Act of 1952] and he was not turned over by the city or the state to the Department of Homeland Security,” Goldman addressed his Republican colleagues during the markup.

“You have not and are unable to provide one is my guess. Maybe you’ll have one or two, but the policy of sanctuary cities and sanctuary states is that if you are removable after you’re convicted after you complete your sentence, you are turned over to the Department of Homeland Security.”

Really?

Since January, New York’s failure to honor ICE detainers resulted in the release of 6,947 criminally convicted illegal immigrants, according to statistics DHS shared with Fox News Digital.

“The crimes of these aliens include 29 homicides, 2,509 assaults, 199 burglaries, 305 robberies, 392 dangerous drug offenses, 300 weapons offenses and 207 sexual predatory offenses,” said Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis, who added there were around 7,000 illegal immigrants in the state with active detainer requests as of last winter.