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DOJ announces spike in prosecution of immigration-related offenses, highest on record
By Adam Shaw | Fox News
The Justice Department announced Friday that it prosecuted the highest number ever of immigration-related offenses in fiscal year 2019 -- overturning what had been a trend of decline in recent years on a number of metrics.
According to figures released by the department, U.S. attorneys’ offices charged a record-breaking 25,426 people with felony illegal re-entry in fiscal year 2019, up from 23,425 in 2018 and 16,965 in fiscal year 2017. That number had been declining steadily between 2012 and 2017.
The largest spike was in prosecutions for misdemeanor improper entry, where there was an 18.1 percent increase to 80,886 prosecutions this year. That was up from just 36,649 in fiscal year 2017. Prosecutions there had also been declining for some years, from a high in 2013.
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