| Immigration Prosecutions Reach Record High |
| (30 Apr 2008)
In January 2008, there were 4,739 federal prosecutions classified as immigration matters, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department.
This is up over 20% from the previous month, and represents the largest monthly number of such prosecutions in the past seven years. There has been substantial growth in the number of cases handled by U.S. Magistrate Courts, and some portion of this increase may reflect improvements in the recording of these magistrate cases by the Justice Department.
For reports on the latest enforcement trends, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/In addition to providing counts of the immigration prosecutions and convictions that occurred in January, similarly timely information is available for many other categories of enforcement such as terrorism, white collar crime, official corruption, drugs, etc. Free reports are also available for major agencies such as the DEA, FBI, IRS and DHS. The January 2008 criminal data are available to TRACFED subscribers via the Express, Going Deeper and Analyzer tools. Go to http://tracfed.syr.edu for more information. Subscribers also have access to updated annual reports comparing the performance of the government in FY 2007 with what was done in each of the last twenty years. Go to http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/ for these fiscal year 2007 reports. TRAC is self-supporting and depends on foundation grants, individual contributions and subscription fees for the funding needed to obtain, analyze and publish the data we collect on the activities of the US Federal government. To help support TRAC's ongoing efforts, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/sponsor/ |
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