| Criminal Prosecutions for Illegal Entry Up, Re-Entry Down |
| (21 Jul 2016)
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during the first eight months of FY 2016 the government reported 25,680 new criminal prosecutions for illegal entry, and 20,628 new criminal prosecutions for illegal re-entry.
If trends continue, illegal re-entry charges, which are a felony under Title 8 Section 1326 of the United States Code, will have fallen 8.4 percent from their levels a year ago. Meanwhile, illegal entry prosecutions, which are only a petty misdemeanor under Title 8 Section 1325, will have risen 7.7 percent over FY 2015.
These comparisons of the number of defendants charged with offenses are based on case-by-case information obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University under the Freedom of Information Act from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. The five districts along the southwest border with Mexico differed greatly in their charging patterns. The Southern District of Texas (Houston) and the Western District of Texas (San Antonio) accounted for 96 percent of the illegal entry prosecutions, while Arizona and New Mexico accounted for 59 percent of the illegal re-entry prosecutions. For more details, including timelines of prosecutions and top district rankings for both charges, see the report at: http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/430/In addition to the most recent figures on immigration prosecutions, TRAC continues to offer free monthly reports on selected government agencies such as the FBI, ATF, DHS and the IRS. 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 May 2016, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/Even more detailed criminal enforcement information for the period from FY 1986 through May 2016 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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