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Criminal Charges Filed Against Immigrants at Unprecedented Rate

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Criminal Charges Filed Against Immigrants at Unprecedented Rate HispanicLink, News Report, Alex Meneses Miyashita, Posted: Jul 15, 2009 Criminal immigration violation charges are being filed by the federal government at unprecedented levels this year, a report by Syracuse University?s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) reveals. The study released in June reports there were 9,350 immigration prosecutions in March, representing a 50 percent surge from the month before, based on official records obtained by the group. When compared to a year ago, the increase was 73 percent. The independent, nonpartisan group attributes the rise to intensified federal policies under the so-called ?Operation Streamline? initiative which launched as a pilot project in Del Rio, Texas, in December 2005...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).