----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Ben Gabr" <pmbengab at SYR.EDU> To: <CARR-L at LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 7:18 AM Subject: [CARR-L] DHS enforcement of the immigration Laws
Greetings. The Bush Administration's immigration enforcement policies are very much in the news these days. And TRAC's timely new report about Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement is available to news people on the web, embargoed for Wednesday, August 24 (6:30 PM August 23). This year's headlines: Prosecution of immigration cases have surged sharply higher between FY 2003 and FY 2004, but typical sentences slumped. The decline in sentences imposed on immigration violators appeared to be related to changes in the kinds of cases being sought by federal agencies rather than the discretionary decisions of the judges. The authoritative Justice Department data -- backed up in part with information from the courts -- show considerable variation in the enforcement trends in different parts of the country, with a massive jump in one judicial district. Click on http://trac.syr.edu/media/ for more information.
David Burnham and Susan B. Long, co-directors Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse Syracuse University 488 Newhouse II Syracuse, NY 13244-2100 315-443-3563 http://trac.syr.edu