{"id":23782,"date":"2020-10-22T17:09:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T21:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23782"},"modified":"2020-10-22T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T21:10:01","slug":"illegal-aliens-federal-prison-number-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/10\/22\/illegal-aliens-federal-prison-number-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ finds 94 Percent of Foreign Nationals in Federal Prison are Illegal Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
On October 16, the Department of Justice released a report revealing 94 percent of aliens<\/a> in federal incarceration facilities were confirmed to be unlawfully present in the United States during Fiscal Year 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the Alien Incarceration Report<\/a>, the total number of known or suspected foreign nationals in federal prison was 51,074. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had 27,494 aliens in custody, and the remaining 23,580 were in the United States Marshal Service (USMS) jailing facilities.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Immigration\nand Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported the 51,074 known or suspected aliens in\nBOP and USMS custody in 2019 had the following immigration statuses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The report\nalso detailed that of the 27,494 individuals in BOP custody, 27,125 were\nconvicted of a criminal offense. The primary offenses committed by these\nforeign nationals are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of the aliens\nin USMS\u2019s custody, 39 percent were convicted of non-immigration related\noffenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This alarming\ndata was made public as a result of President Trump\u2019s Executive Order<\/a> (EO)\n13768, \u201cEnhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.\u201d The EO\nrequires federal agencies to enforce immigration law, which includes reporting\nthe effects of illegal immigration and its nexus with public safety, national\nsecurity, or incarceration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While it\u2019s reassuring to see law enforcement incarcerating immigration lawbreakers from further harming the American public, this report should also be a cause for concern. Our southern border is still vulnerable to illegal border crossings<\/a> and, as data indicates, tens of thousands of illegal aliens have committed serious crimes. And the incarceration figures do include who have been already deported. Completing the wall would likely decrease the number of unlawful entries and prevent possible crimes from occurring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, the cost to imprison aliens is a burden on American taxpayers. In the FY 2017 Alien Incarceration Report<\/a>, foreign nationals (legal and illegal) comprised 26 percent<\/a> of all federal inmates. According to a FAIR study<\/a>, American taxpayers shell out $1.2 billion every year to incarcerate criminal illegal aliens. Stopping these migrants from coming to the United States in the first place would not only decrease the risk of American citizens and lawful migrants needlessly falling victim to crimes committed by illegal aliens, it would also save taxpayers a substantial amount of money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\ngovernment\u2019s top priority should be to protect its citizens from threats – both\nforeign and domestic. As in all areas of law, prevention is the best strategy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On October 16, the Department of Justice released a report revealing 94 percent of aliens in federal incarceration facilities were confirmed to be unlawfully present in the United States during Fiscal Year 2019. According to the Alien Incarceration Report, the total number of known or suspected foreign nationals in federal prison was 51,074. The Federal<\/p>\n