{"id":17321,"date":"2018-07-09T14:34:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T18:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17321"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:16:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:16:17","slug":"report-shines-light-on-aliens-behind-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/07\/09\/report-shines-light-on-aliens-behind-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Shines Light on Aliens Behind Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"
One in four prisoners in federal custody is an alien, according to a new report<\/a> from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security.<\/p>\n That sounds bad enough, but it\u2019s a low-ball figure because the report does not fully account for inmates at local jails and state prisons, which house roughly 90 percent of America\u2019s incarcerated population. DOJ and DHS say they are rounding up those numbers.<\/p>\n Meantime, here are three salient facts from end of the first quarter of Fiscal 2018:<\/p>\n Also missing are clear breakdowns of resident and illegal aliens, as well as comparative data from prior years.<\/p>\n But let\u2019s not quibble. If it weren\u2019t for President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order<\/a> to compile and release these quarterly reports, the American public would know even less about the impact and presence of criminal aliens in this country.<\/p>\n So, like border enforcement and national security, proper accounting remains a work in progress. As we all know, Rome wasn\u2019t built (or overrun) in a day. \n