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27 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | MAY 2013
This shift has occurred at the same time that these prosecutions have skyrocketed. The total number of illegal entry offenders increased by 227 percent during the 10 years analyzed. While the number of cases in which the defendant had a prior conviction for an offense considered most serious increased over the 10 years by 113 percent, the number of cases in which the defendant had less serious criminal histories (felonies less serious than “aggravated felonies” or three or more misdemeanors resulting in a 4-level increase) increased by 725 percent. The number of cases in which the defendant had no prior felony conviction nor any misdemeanor convictions resulting in an increase in offense levels increased by 418 percent. TURNING MIGRANTS INTO CRIMINALS 28
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Page 3 and 4: All rights reserved. Printed in the
Page 6 and 7: Summary “I have not lost the desi
Page 8 and 9: Alicia’s comments above suggest,
Page 10 and 11: The breadth and scope of criminal p
Page 12 and 13: Recommendations To the US Congress
Page 14 and 15: Methodology This report is based on
Page 16 and 17: I. Background Illegal entry and pre
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Page 20 and 21: offenses, as well as “proportiona
Page 22 and 23: The guideline for illegal entry off
Page 24 and 25: The Obama administration deported a
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Page 28 and 29: II. Criminal Prosecutions Fail to F
Page 30 and 31: Sentencing Commission Data: Limits
Page 34 and 35: TABLE 2: PERCENT CHANGE IN THE APPL
Page 36 and 37: The rising number of prosecutions o
Page 38 and 39: Critical Views of Judges and Attorn
Page 40 and 41: According to court records and thei
Page 42 and 43: these defendants, the stages of a f
Page 44 and 45: other court staff, Streamline proce
Page 46 and 47: Diverting Resources from Serious Cr
Page 48 and 49: III. Criminal Prosecutions Impinge
Page 50 and 51: ecently deported, 110 a trend also
Page 52 and 53: again illegally; such individuals
Page 54 and 55: Being in jail in Pecos was hard on
Page 56 and 57: experience, “One or two out of te
Page 58 and 59: probation and did not serve any tim
Page 60 and 61: who was starting to get in trouble
Page 62 and 63: “Though I’m in jail here, I fee
Page 64 and 65: Immigration law separates these fam
Page 66 and 67: were targeting schoolchildren as po
Page 68 and 69: esources. The problems were highlig
Page 70 and 71: Edgar Holguin, an assistant federal
Page 72 and 73: In addition to the trauma criminal
Page 74 and 75: IV. Is It Worth It? The US governme
Page 76 and 77: CBP also claims that its statistics
Page 78 and 79: particular migrant. Criminal statut
Page 80 and 81: Bureau of Prisons has contracts wor
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there is nowhere to run. There is n
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officials had looked at this case:
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Upon arrival in Mexico, Carlos, who
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