An unusually large surge in immigration
prosecutions in the last months of FY 2008 means that the annual count
of such filings more than quadrupled during the Bush Administration,
according the latest available data from the Justice Department. The
recent sharp jump in immigration matters also resulted in the annual
number of all kinds of federal criminal prosecutions reaching their
all-time high.

Although the five judicial districts where immigration charges make up
the largest proportion of the total are strung out along the border with
Mexico, the location of the next five ranking districts are more scattered.

For a report on the latest enforcement trends, go to:

http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/201/

In addition to counts of all immigration prosecutions and convictions
that occurred in September, similarly timely information is available at
for many categories of enforcement such as terrorism, white collar
crime, official corruption, drugs, etc. Free reports are also available
for major agencies such as the DEA, FBI, IRS and DHS. Go to

http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/

David Burnham and Susan B. Long, co-directors
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
Syracuse University
Suite 360, Newhouse II
Syracuse, NY 13244-2100
315-443-3563
trac@syr.edu
http://trac.syr.edu