According to data released by the U.S. Justice Department, 41.7
percent of the federal criminal cases that U.S. attorneys filed in U.S.
district courts in fiscal 2014 were in the five U.S. attorneys'
districts that sit along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In fact, the five
districts that sit along the border — those for Southern California,
Arizona, New Mexico, Western Texas and Southern Texas — were the top
five in the country for criminal cases filed in U.S. district courts.
The
office of the U.S. attorney for Western Texas led the nation last year
in filing criminal cases in U.S. district court, according to the United States Attorneys' Annual Statistical Report for Fiscal 2014.
SOURCE: CNS News
