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The most notable and controversial feature of
Operation Streamline is the mandate that all unauthorized border crossers be criminally prosecuted, “regardless of their prior history.”
In part,these policies reflect an increasing
convergence between immigration and criminal law—a
larger trend that many scholars refer to as crimmigration.” This convergence has produced a
significant increase in federal prosecutions and
detentions of immigrants generally and unauthorized
immigrants in particular. In April,2012,immigration cases accounted for 59 percent of all federal prosecutions........[Citing TRAC research].
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