HALF OF ALL FEDERAL ARRESTS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION
More repeat offenders in border areas than elsewhere in country
(WASHINGTON TIMES) Immigration arrests and border-related cases have swamped the federal government, the Justice Department said Thursday, pointing to new statistics that show half of all arrests made by federal authorities in 2014 were for immigration offenses.
The five judicial districts along the U.S.-Mexico border also accounted for nearly 40 percent of people given federal sentences that year, the statistics show.
And the Justice Department said repeat offenders were also more likely in those border districts than elsewhere in the country.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/half-of-all-federal-arrests-related-to-immigration/#FrB7rwjzfxILVocQ.99
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