In the fiscal year of 2018, 94.1 percent of immigration arrests by federal authorities in the United States took place in U.S.-Mexico border districts, compared to 5.9 percent of immigration arrests in non-border districts. However, 74.9 percent of drug-related arrests took place in non-border districts in the same year.
Share of federal arrests in the United States in FY 2018, by district and offense type
The fiscal year of the United States government runs from October 1 to September 30.
*U.S.-Mexico border districts include the Southern District of California, the District of Arizona, the District of New Mexico, the Western District of Texas, and the Southern District of Texas.
**Includes 89 districts that are not on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (August 22, 2019). Share of federal arrests in the United States in FY 2018, by district and offense type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1042538/share-federal-arrests-district-offense-type-us/
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