United States Attorney’s Office District of Arizona February 2020 Immigration and Border Report

I. Illegal Reentry After Deportation (8 U.S.C. 1326)

     1,225 individuals were charged in February with illegal reentry

          A.     377 of those 1,225 individuals had previously been convicted of non-immigration criminal 
                  offenses in the U.S.                  
 
                  Of the 377 individuals with non-immigration criminal records:

                       1.     82 had violent crime convictions, including:

                                    7 individuals had sex offense convictions

                                    25 individuals had domestic violence convictions

                       2.     53 had property crime convictions

                       3.     123 had DUI convictions

                       4.     134 had drug crime convictions

          B.     289 of those 1,225 individuals had been deported three or more times

II. Alien Smuggling (8 U.S.C. 1324)

         85 individuals were charged in February with alien smuggling

III. Illegal Entry (Criminal Consequence Initiative) (8 U.S.C. 1325)

          757 individuals were charged in February with illegal entry on the CCI calendar

Criminal conviction information based on preliminary criminal history reports provided by the arresting agency.

These numbers represent United States Attorney's Office prosecutions only. These numbers do not include individuals apprehended by immigration enforcement officials and subjected solely to administrative process.

RELEASE NUMBER:    2020-030_February Immigration and Border Crimes Report

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