Immigration Offenders in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 2000
Date Published
August 2002
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M., EST BJS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1997 202/307-0784 STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS FILED 68,235 PETITIONS IN UNITED STATES COURTS DURING 1996 WASHINGTON -- The rate at which state and federal prisoners filed petitions in United States district courts seeking release from prison or alleging civil rights violations fell 17 percent between 1980 and 1996, the Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1999 202/307-0784 PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATED ALMOST 1,000 INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES SUSPECTED OF CRIMINAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW VIOLATIONS WASHINGTON, D.C. Federal prosecutors investigated 952 individuals and organizations for criminal violations of the nation's environmental laws during 1997, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Fifty-three percent of the criminal inquiries were for violating wildlife...
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2000 202/307-0784 MORE THAN 42,000 CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS FILED IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS DURING 1998 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 42,000 complaints alleging civil rights violations, such as discrimination in employment, housing, welfare benefits and voting rights were filed during 1998 in U.S. district courts, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced...
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. BJS WEDNESDAY MAY 31, 2000 202/307-0784 CROSS-AGENCY FEDERAL ARREST DATA PUBLISHED FOR FIRST TIME ALMOST HALF OF ARRESTS FOR DRUG OR IMMIGRATION OFFENSES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Approximately 73 percent of the 106,139 federal arrests made during fiscal year 1998 were made by Department of Justice law enforcement agencies--the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Drug...