| Surge in Immigration Prosecutions Continues |
| (17 Jun 2008)
Federal immigration prosecutions continued their recent and highly unusual surge in March 2008, apparently reaching an all-time high, according to timely data obtained from the Justice Department by TRAC. The total of 9,350 such prosecutions was up by almost 50% from the previous month and 73% from the previous year.
The spurt in the prosecution of individuals charged with various immigration crimes is the result of "Operation Streamline." Under this recently intensified administration policy, according to news reports and interviews with federal public defenders, the government has charged a rapidly growing number of undocumented aliens with various federal criminal charges, almost all in selected districts along the Mexican border. "Operation Streamline" began as a pilot project in December 2005 in Del Rio, Texas.
The data further show that virtually every one of the individuals referred by the investigative agencies for prosecution -- 99% of them -- are then being charged by the U.S. Attorneys, and that the resulting median or typical sentence is one month. To read the latest TRAC immigration report, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/188/In addition to providing counts of the immigration prosecutions and convictions that occurred in March, 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. For reports on the latest enforcement trends, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/The March 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. Customized reports for a specific agency, district, program, lead charge or judge are available via the TRAC Data Interpreter, either as part of a TRACFED subscription or on a per-report basis. Go to http://trac.syr.edu/interpreter to start. 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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