(21 Dec 2009) The latest Justice Department data show that federal prosecutions reached an all time high in FY 2009. The surge was driven by a sharp increase in immigration filings. See more...
(02 Dec 2009) The number of individuals held in hundreds of different detention facilities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the just-ended fiscal year (2009) is estimated to have reached 369,483, more than twice what it was in FY 1999. See more...
(19 Oct 2009) In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, TRAC today asked the Justice Department to retract a department statement about our recent report on the government's troubled terrorism enforcement activities. See more...
(14 Oct 2009) The latest case-by-case data from the Justice Department show that in July 2009 the government reported 14,706 new prosecutions. See more...
(27 Sep 2009) The federal government remains baffled by the question of who should be prosecuted as a terrorist and who should not. The continuing confusion on this key point -- eight years after the 9/11 attacks -- has at the same time weakened national security and undermined civil liberties. See more...
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