Sharp Rise in Immigration Filings Drives Criminal Prosecution Stats - December 21, 2009 By Daphne Eviatar Washington Independent December 21, 2009 "Federal criminal prosecutions reached an all-time high in Fiscal Year 2009, driven by a sharp increase in immigration prosecutions. According to case-by-case data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), overall federal prosecutions were up nearly 9 percent from the previous year, but immigration filings were up 15.7 percent. The result is that criminal prosecutions for immigration violations now make up more than half (54%) of all criminal cases brought by the federal government. "In FY 2009, the federal government prosecuted almost five times more immigration cases than in 2002." To read the full article, click on the Title Line, above.