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US federal criminal immigration prosecutions by the two largest investigative agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have spiked
upward in the past few months to levels not seen since the last months of the Bush administration, according to a report by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a nonprofit academic research group based at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. The group claimed late last week that according to Department of Justice
figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act the total of 14,912 prosecutions referred in March and April 2010 by Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) is the highest two-month total since September and October of 2008, when the combined figure briefly spiked to 16,127. Additionally the 4,145 prosecutions referred by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the
same two months is the highest recorded since the creation of the agency in 2005. The total of 14,912 would be the highest two-month total since September and October of 2008, when the combined figure was 16,127.In addition, according to TARC, there were 2,119 new criminal prosecutions
referred by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in April 2010, following a March figure of 2,026. The combined two-month total of 4,145 is the highest recorded since the creation of the agency in 2005. This surpasses previous highs of 3,777 in July and August of 2008 and 3,787 in July and August of 2009
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