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Noncitizens in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 1984-94

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT                             BJS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1994                               202/307-0784

       MORE PROSECUTIONS AND TOUGHER SENTENCING GUIDELINES
         PROMPT INCREASED INCARCERATIONS OF NON-CITIZENS

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An increase in the number of
prosecutions and convictions for federal drug and immigration
offenses, as well as changes in mandatory time-served provisions,
prompted a four-fold increase in the number of non-citizens
incarcerated in federal prisons between 1984...