Immigration cases boosting federal prosecutions

TRAC -The total number of federal criminal prosecutions for FY 2018 was 165,070, the highest since 2013, and representing a 35 percent increase over FY 2017 when federal criminal prosecutions totaled 122,492. Approximately 61 percent of all federal criminal prosecutions in FY 2018 were immigration-related. Relative to its population size - and focusing just on filings in U.S. district courts that typically handle more serious offenses - New Mexico experienced the highest per capita number of prosecutions during October than any other federal judicial district. Immigration and drug-related prosecutions are the two largest categories of cases brought before federal district courts.