| Spike in Criminal Prosecutions Caused by Jump in Immigration Referrals |
| (28 Feb 2013)
The total of 15,313 federal criminal prosecutions in December 2012 was 14 percent higher than the previous month.
But this sharp increase for the nation as a whole was entirely the result of an unusually pronounced surge in prosecutions recommended by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in just two federal districts along the U.S.-Mexico border.
This significant jump in CBP immigration prosecutions in Texas South and Texas West was documented in very recent monthly Justice Department data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). A second surprising finding emerging from the data was that CBP prosecutions in the other federal districts along the U.S.-Mexico border were down, in some cases substantially. A spokesperson for the agency in Washington, DC did not respond to two requests for information about the varied enforcement pattern. For details about the immigration enforcement activities of CBP and other findings go to: http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/312/In addition to reporting on immigration enforcement TRAC offers free, detailed reporting on an array of program categories including weapons. drugs, white collar crime, terrorism and civil rights. TRAC's reports also cover the enforcement activities of selected government agencies such as DHS, FBI, IRS and ATF. For the latest information on prosecutions and convictions through the third month of FY 2013, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/Even more detailed criminal enforcement information for the period from FY 1986 through December 2012 is available to TRACFed subscribers via the Express and Going Deeper 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. To keep up with TRAC, follow us on Twitter @tracreports or like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/tracreports/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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