Justice: 64% of Federal Arrests are Non-citizens, a 200% Increase from 1998
Published:
Fri, Aug 23rd 2019 @ 11:40 am EDT
Federal arrests of noncitizens have jumped over 200% in the last 20 years and now account for 64% of those arrested, according to the Justice Department. As reported by the Washington Examiner, The Bureau of Justice Statistics said that federal arrests of non-Americans rose 234% from 1998-2018. For U.S. citizens, the percentage rose just 10% over those 20 years. The newly released statistics support the Trump administration’s account that an increase in immigration, especially illegal immigration, has fed a spike in crime.
Over that 20-year period, groups such as MS-13 have surged, first in urban areas and recently into rural communities, and drug and human trafficking have also increased over the U.S.-Mexico border. Justice was very pointed in comparing U.S. citizens arrested to noncitizens. For example, it noted that while they make up just 7% of the U.S. population, noncitizens account for 15% of the arrests by federal authorities, 24% of drug arrests, 25% of federal property arrests, including 28% of all federal fraud arrests. Also over that period, illegal immigration has surged off and on and the bureau said that immigration crimes account for the bulk of arrests. In the past, the Department of Homeland Security authorities has accounted for a majority of the arrests.
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/justice-64-federal-arrests-are-non-citizens-200-increase-from-1998
