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Illegal Immigration

Illegal Immigration. Stats. According to the Center for Immigration Studies January 2000 there were 7 million illegal aliens in the US Illegal alien population estimated at 10 million in 2007 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Within Department of Homeland Security

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Illegal Immigration

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  1. Illegal Immigration

  2. Stats • According to the Center for Immigration Studies • January 2000 there were 7 million illegal aliens in the US • Illegal alien population estimated at 10 million in 2007 • Customs and Border Protection (CBP) • Within Department of Homeland Security • Responsible for guarding 7,000 miles of land border and 2,000 miles of coastal waters • 11,000 CBP agents and 18,000 CBP officers

  3. Deploying modern technology, strengthening border infrastructure, increasing the number of highly trained law enforcement personnel • New Terrorist Watch Program • U. S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) • 24 million foreigners are expected to be checked at nation’s airports annually • Check against terrorist lists and national database • U.S. Southwestern Border • 700 mile fence • Over $1.2 billion

  4. Congress also passed a DHS bill that included $380 million to hire 1,500 more CBP agents and money to build detention facilities • One crime that has been disproportionately associated with undocumented migrants in the Southwest is drug trafficking • Police officials say this is a false impression • Aliens are a prime target for criminals

  5. Rescue beacons and border drones • Monitor illegal activity along the Arizona-Mexico border • Use thermal and night-vision equipment to spot illegal immigrants and can detect movement from 15 miles of altitude, read a license plate, and detect weapons

  6. Organized Crime • Any group having some manner of formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities • Oldest, most profitable, and most dangerous form of organized crime in the US is the Mafia • Origins can be traced back to 13th century Sicily

  7. Morte Alle Francia Italia Anela” meaning “Death to the French is Italy’s Cry” • The acronym of this is MAFIA • Mafia families have a formally organized nature • By the 1960s the Mafia’s influence in America had grown to a multibillion-dollar syndicate of criminal enterprises run by 26 families nationwide • Beginning in the mid-1980s, the FBI led an assault on the Mafia • Put away two generations of godfathers • Put them away using these methods: • Expanded use of electronic eavesdropping (wiretapping) • Use of informants • Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)

  8. Policing Youth Crimes • About 46.3% of all persons arrested in the US are under the age of 24 • 26.2% are under 19 • Juvenile crime remains one of the nation’s most serious problems • Four in five victims of nonfatal violent crime, ages 12 to 14, perceived the offender to be a juvenile • Incarceration rate of 645 makes the US second only to that of Russia at 685

  9. Policing Youth Crimes • Overall homicide rate declined in 1980s and 1990s • Youth violence, particularly gun homicide began increasing dramatically • Research has linked urban gun violence to gang conflicts over drug markets

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