Pew Report: HALF Of All Federal Arrests Are For Immigration-Related Crimes

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Pew Report: HALF Of All Federal Arrests Are For Immigration-Related Crimes
Will Racke
10:08 AM 04/10/2017
 
 

Federal law enforcement is making a higher share of arrests for immigration crimes than ever before, while the number of drug and firearms arrests continues to fall.

A Pew Research Center analysis of data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that 50 percent of the 165,265 total arrests made by the federal government in 2014 were for immigration-related offenses.

In 2004, that figure was 28 percent.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/10/pew-report-half-of-all-federal-arrests-are-for-immigration-related-crimes/#ixzz4drw7XI4o

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The Pew report noted that arrest figures for immigration offenses, which include crimes like crossing the border illegally and human smuggling, are not the same as migrant apprehensions or deportations.

Apprehensions are cases in which foreign nationals are caught in the U.S. without proper documentation, and can include both civil and criminal violations. Arrests are cases in which individuals are booked for criminal violations of federal immigration laws, Pew said.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/10/pew-report-half-of-all-federal-arrests-are-for-immigration-related-crimes/#ixzz4ds7hkVcf