rssSharp Rise in Immigration Filings Drives Criminal Prosecution Stats
Monday, December 21, 2009 at 11:57 am
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Federal criminal prosecutions reached an all-time high in Fiscal Year 2009, driven by a sharp increase in immigration prosecutions. According to case-by-case data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), overall federal prosecutions were up nearly 9 percent from the previous year, but immigration filings were up 15.7 percent. The result is that criminal prosecutions for immigration violations now make up more than half (54%) of all criminal cases brought by the federal government.
In FY 2009, the federal government prosecuted almost five times more immigration cases than in 2002.
Interestingly, although the government has said it is concentrating its immigration enforcement efforts on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, TRAC found that of the 91,899 immigration prosecutions in the last fiscal year, only thirteen employers in eight cases were prosecuted for the felony offense of illegally hiring undocumented workers.
Meanwhile, the prosecution of other major crime categories, such as crimes involving drugs, weapons and white-collar crime, increased only slightly or in some cases actually declined.
For example, according to TRAC, in FY 2009, the Justice Department recorded 178 securities fraud prosecutions. Although that’s a 22-percent increase in securities fraud prosecutions from the year before, notes TRAC, it’s still only about a third of the number of such prosecutions in 2002. As for corporate fraud, the 82 prosecutions from last year are about a quarter of the number in 2003.
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Comment posted December 21, 2009 @ 2:48 pm
Everyone must be warned before coming to the United States. Even if you have a visa, you are putting yourself at risk of Homeland Security ICE officers. I have a friend that is from Paris France here on an education visa to finish his degree. He has been here since 2005. His visa is valid until March of 2010, His passport is valid until 2014, and his I-20 is current. He is not illegal. In 2008 He fell in love and married a U.S. citizen that just happens to be addicted to Prescription medications, He knew nothing about this. But he was arrested due to her mistakes. He was placed in detention, scheduled for deportation. He has been in detention center in Pompano Beach Florida for 5 months now. All this because of her mistakes. She should be the one in jail not him. Please everyone coming to America. Think twice. This couple has lost all there savings on lawyers, she lost her job, and they are in the process of losing there home. All this was caused because ICE has the wrong person in jail. They make up any story they want and when they are questioned about it you get nowhere. I have written many letters to Janet Napolitano, Senator Bill Nelson, Representative Ginny Brown-Waite and even President Obama. But no one will listen. So please people think twice about coming to America for any reason. Our immigration system is broken ….they all agree, but you put your life at risk when you enter our borders. Even if you follow the rules you may also lose everything as this couple has. No one will listen, no one cares. This man has never even had a traffic violation and is 51 yrs old. He has never worked in America has always been self supporting and took nothing from Americans social services. His American dream has turned into a night mare. Shame on America. I think it is about time someone revised this immigration and ICE practice. What is illegal in this case is the way DHS is treating this guy. John Morton and Janet N. should be ashamed of themselves. This is just wrong. While in there detention center they have abused him, denied him food and proper medical treatment. He is diabetic and they will not give him the proper food or medical attention. I think it is terrible. The phone system is very poor and not working everyday. They plan it that way so they can not contact there lawyers and family. Someone needs to stop ICE, They are totally out of control. I fear He will be next on the long list of persons that have died while in detention. Until you go to one of these detention centers and see with your own eyes, you will not believe what America is doing. I was shocked, on my first visit and after almost 6 months of seeing what happens, how they have to live. I am still in shock. Trust me it is all about money. He is in a private prison owned by a company called GEO based near Miami Fl. They are paid very well by our tax dollars, but the treatment is unbelievable. I just have to close by saying shame on America. I have seen it with my own eyes.
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Comment posted January 27, 2010 @ 11:16 am
i feel for your friend but it seems like there is more to this story. Why would they arrest him for her bad doings? Something just does not add up. If this is the case the system sucks.
Comment posted January 27, 2010 @ 4:16 pm
i feel for your friend but it seems like there is more to this story. Why would they arrest him for her bad doings? Something just does not add up. If this is the case the system sucks.
Comment posted June 2, 2010 @ 3:32 pm
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