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Number of Immigrants on ICE's Alternatives to Detention Declines, Though Quality of These Data Remain in Question
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(20 Jan 2023) After two years of steady growth of ICE’s Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program, the total population on ATD declined in two weeks by more than 20,000—from 376,030 down to 355,140—since December 31, 2022. The total number of migrants tracked using various technologies declined somewhat: GPS numbers declined from 6,508 to 6,123, telephonic reporting declined from 15,645 to 15,278, and SmartLINK declined 296,041 to 290,317. But the most significant decline in ATD population reflects a decline in migrants on ATD but listed as “no tech”; these numbers declined from 57,837 to 43,422, a decline of 14,415. See more...
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Corporate and White-Collar Prosecutions Hit New All-Time Lows in FY 2022
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(19 Jan 2023) The latest available case-by-case records from the Department of Justice (DOJ) show that the prosecution of white-collar offenders in FY 2022 reached a new all-time low since tracking began during the Reagan administration. During the last fiscal year which ended last September, only 4,180 white-collar defendants were prosecuted. White-collar prosecutions last year were lower than in any year during the Trump administration. FY 2022 figures are even lower than during FY 2020 when, due to the pandemic and federal partial shutdowns, federal criminal enforcement activities of all kinds were sharply curtailed. See more...
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New Biden Administration Policies Impact Asylum for Four Nationalities
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(18 Jan 2023) The Immigration Court backlog of asylum cases surpassed 800,000 for the first time at the end of December 2022. Pending Immigration Court cases of all types reached 2,056,328 at the end of last month, another all-time high. See more...
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ICE Starts 2023 With 20,506 Immigrants in Detention, ICE Still Can't Find ATD Records
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(09 Jan 2023) The federal government's use of immigrant detention fluctuated throughout 2022 without maintaining a clear increase or decrease according to data released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the end of the calendar year.
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IRS Audits Few Millionaires But Targeted Many Low-Income Families in FY 2022
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(04 Jan 2023) Former President Trump was not alone in having returns he filed while he was President allegedly escape detailed scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Last year IRS revenue agents were only able to audit a small number of millionaire returns. Indeed, during FY 2022, the odds a millionaire was audited by an IRS revenue agent was just 1.1 percent. See more...
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