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Immigration Offenders in the Federal Justice System, 2010

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BETWEEN 2000 AND 2010, FEDERAL APPREHENSIONS FOR IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS DECLINED WHILE ARRESTS TRIPLED

WASHINGTON – Apprehensions for immigration violations peaked at 1.8 million in 2000 but dropped to 516,992 in 2010—the lowest level since 1972, according to a report...

Noncitizens in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 1984-94 

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1994                               202/307-0784

       MORE PROSECUTIONS AND TOUGHER SENTENCING GUIDELINES
         PROMPT INCREASED INCARCERATIONS OF NON-CITIZENS

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An increase in the number of
prosecutions and convictions for federal drug and immigration
offenses, as well as changes in mandatory time-served provisions,
prompted a four-fold increase in the number of non-citizens
incarcerated in federal prisons between 1984...

Immigration Offenders in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 2000

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2002 202/307-0784

IMMIGRATION LAW PROSECUTIONS DOUBLE DURING 1996-2000

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of people prosecuted for immigration offenses in federal courts more than doubled from 1996 through the year 2000, growing from 6,605 defendants in 1996 to 15,613 defendants in 2000, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.

In 1996...