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Surge in immigration prosecutions continues . . . Asylum disparities persist, regardless of court location or nationality . . . Updated reports on individual judges . . . Immigration enforcement: the rhetoric, the reality . . . New data on the processing of aggravated felons . . . Judges show surprising disparity in denying asylum requests . . . Basics of the asylum process . . . Primer on asylum law, asylum seekers and refugees . . . Aggravated felonies and deportation . . . How often is the aggravated felony statute used? . . . More immigration reports. . .

This is a place for all kinds of immigration-related data. About the U.S. as a whole or by appropriate geographic areas — districts, sectors states, regions, etc. Maps, charts and tables arranged by alphabetic and rank order. Breaking down the inspections process by the numbers. Full-time border patrol agents from 1975 to 2005, apprehensions from 1947 on. Number of apprehensions and Border Patrol agents in each sector from 1992 on. Criminal enforcement in the 90 federal judicial districts.

A reference library of reports on immigration matters produced by government agencies and offices including the Government Accountability Office, the inspectors general of the agencies, the Congressional Research Service, House and Senate committees, etc.

Plain English definitions of immigration terms and acronyms.