Arrests of criminal migrants, including convictions for sex, drug and homicide crimes, up in FY 2021
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The number of arrests of illegal immigrants with criminal convictions -- including sex and drug offenses and even homicide -- have increased in fiscal year (FY) 2021 compared to recent years, amid a surge more generally of migrant encounters at the border.
The number of arrests is already significantly higher than FY 2020 (2,438 arrests) and FY 2019 (4,269). It is just shy of FY 2018’s 6,698 arrests, and could exceed the 8,531 arrests in FY 2017 -- although it is unlikely to exceed the 12,842 arrests made in FY 2016. The top criminal conviction is illegal re-entry, for which there were 3,836 convictions, up over 1,261 in FY 2020. Border Patrol stats provide the number of convictions, so since some migrants are convicted of multiple offenses, total convictions exceed the number of arrests overall.
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