| Criminal Immigration Convictions Drop 20 Percent |
| (12 Jun 2015)
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during the first seven months of FY 2015 the government reported 42,778 new immigration convictions.
If this activity continues at the same pace, the annual total of convictions will be 73,334 for this fiscal year.
According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this is down from 83,874 convictions in FY 2014, and marks the second year in a row the number of criminal prosecutions for immigration offenses have declined. Overall, the pace of criminal convictions this year is 20 percent below the level during FY 2013 when such conviction numbers peaked at 92,215. The Southern District of Texas leads the nation with 15,438 immigration convictions so far this fiscal year, followed by the district of Arizona with 12,107 and the Western District of Texas with 8,396. For more details including a twenty year timeline and top ten judicial districts, see the report at: http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/392/In addition to this report on immigration convictions, TRAC continues to offer free monthly reports on selected government agencies such as the IRS, FBI, ATF and DHS. TRAC's reports also monitor program categories such as drugs, weapons, white collar crime and terrorism. For the latest information on prosecutions and convictions through April 2015, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/Even more detailed criminal enforcement information for the period from FY 1986 through April 2015 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/tracreportsTRAC 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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