CNN anchors momentarily silent after learning why migrant gangs don’t stay in Florida: ‘There you go to jail'

 CNN anchors went silent for a moment on Friday when they learned that some immigrant gangs running criminal operations in New York City have moved to Florida and returned to New York because they are in no danger of going to jail.

CNN law enforcement analyst John Miller said Friday that he learned from police detectives that migrant gang members work in New York City and then travel to Florida to spend the money.

"But I'm like, 'Why don't they stay in Florida and steal?'" Miller said in conversation about a group of migrants who attacked an NYPD officer and lieutenant in front of a shelter on West 42nd Street in Manhattan. did. ,

The attack was captured on CCTV cameras and later shared by the police.

"He said, 'Because that's where you go to jail,'" Miller said, recalling the conversation with detectives.

That anecdote momentarily calmed CNN anchors Erica Hill and Phil Mattingly.

"Oh," Hill said. In a clip captured by Daily Caller reporter Brianna Lyman, Mattingly said in return, "Fair point."

Miller said that while the majority of immigrants come to the city honestly looking for work, a small percentage of immigrants are more interested in criminal activities.

Miller said, "But within that group is a multitude of people looking for hope and a better life, it's the 1% criminal element that sees a different opportunity here."

"I charged these individuals yesterday with multiple charges, grand theft, robbery, attempted robbery," the CNN analyst said, referring to migrants suspected of attacking police officers.

“This particular crew worked on mopeds and scooters,” he said. "They were doing organized retail theft, they were doing street snatching. iPhones, iPads, clothes, etcetera, etcetera. One of them they're still looking for has 10 charges a day because he was part of a pattern What's going on."

"I'm looking at the dates when his arrests started, which is probably close to when he got here, he's been here a few months."

The NYPD has since arrested the attack suspects, 19-year-old Darwin Andres Gomez Izquiel of Mississippi; Kelvin Servat Arocha, 19, of Brooklyn; Juarez Wilson, 21, of Queens; Yorman Revron, 24, and Jhoan Boada, 22, of Brooklyn, who are listed as homeless.

They were all charged with a variety of charges, including assault on a police officer, gang assault, obstruction of government administration and disorderly conduct.

According to the New York Post, Reveron has two counts of assault and robbery pending in Manhattan. He allegedly attacked a loss prevention officer at a Macy's department store during a robbery and allegedly punched and bit a Nordstrom Rack employee in November.

More than 785,000 migrant encounters have been reported since the start of the fiscal year on October 1 – the highest number ever recorded in a first quarter.