CRIMINAL IMMIGRATION BY THE NUMBERS

CRIMINAL IMMIGRATION BY THE NUMBERS

• 125: Federal criminal cases related to immigration filed in Kansas in 2005.

• 200: Federal criminal cases related to immigration estimated to be filed in Kansas this year.

• 50: Approximate percentage of cases in the Kansas office of U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren where the defendants are foreign nationals.

• 33.3: Approximate percentage of those cases with foreign nationals involving drugs.

• 66.7: Approximate percentage of those cases with foreign nationals charged with one of the following crimes: returning after being deported, including those who have been convicted of prior felonies; use of false documents or identity theft; transporting illegal immigrants.

• 18,783: Number of federal prisoners nationwide serving time for immigration offenses (as of last month).

• 10.6: Percent of the federal inmate population serving time for federal immigration crimes.

• 32,347: Number of Mexican citizens in custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

• 261: Inmates in Kansas prisons who report foreign citizenship (as of last month).

• 175: Mexican citizens in Kansas prisons.

• 2.9: Percent of Kansas prison population who are not U.S. citizens.

• $23,429: Average cost per year for one federal inmate.

• $1,200: Estimated cost per month for an inmate in the Butler County Jail, where some federal immigration suspects are detained awaiting the outcome of their cases.

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CRIMINAL IMMIGRATION BY THE NUMBERS
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