New Criminal Immigration Prosecution Data

Very timely criminal enforcement data from the Justice Department document that the federal government filed 3,345 criminal immigration prosecutions in June, the highest since September 2005 when 4,425 immigration cases were filed. The June figures represent an increase of 5.2% over the previous month, though only a slight change (up 0.8%) from a year ago. To see the reports on the latest criminal enforcement trends in Immigration, White Collar Crime, Drugs and Weapons, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/ The reports — with extensive text and graphs — also provide information on the role played in each of the four enforcement areas by the various investigative agencies, the most frequently used lead charges, the judicial districts with the largest number of prosecutions (per capita) and a list of the most active federal judges. June 2006 criminal data are also available to TRACFED subscription users via the Express and Analyzer tools. For more information, go to http://tracfed.syr.edu

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