U.S. attorneys from southwestern border districts this past week continued the crackdown on illegal immigration under the Trump administration.
“The U.S. Attorneys for Arizona, Central California, Southern California, New Mexico, Southern Texas, and Western Texas charged more than 1,020 defendants with criminal violations of U.S. immigration laws,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in an April 14 statement.
The Southern District of Texas filed 229 cases related to border security issues, which include 80 individuals facing “allegations of illegally reentering the country, with the majority having felony convictions such as narcotics, firearms or sexual offenses, or prior immigration crimes.”
In the District of Arizona, 261 illegal immigrants faced immigration-related criminal charges, with 103 facing illegal reentry charges. Fourteen cases were filed against 18 people alleged to have smuggled illegal immigrants into the region….