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New Data Shows Government Still Prioritizing Immigration Prosecutions over Dangerous Crime
By Michele Waslin
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Two recent reports by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a research center out of Syracuse University, confirm that the
federal government is prioritizing immigration enforcement over potentially far more dangerous activities, such as gun smuggling. While
prosecutions for illegal re-entry are up in criminal courts, prosecutions for weapons-related offenses are down in the last year.
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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Copyright 2011
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