Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that new prosecutions by Customs and Border Protection during the first eight months of FY 2008 have soared. If CBP’s prosecutions continue at the same pace for the rest of the year, the FY2008 total will be almost twice what it was in the previous year. For details, see this TRAC Report

According to the Justice Department, the CBP enforcement surge is the result of Project Streamline, a Bush Administration policy of bringing criminal charges against undocumented aliens. By contrast, the Justice Department data, obtained by TRAC under the
FOIA, show a much less precipitous increase in prosecutions by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also in the DHS. For details, see this link.

Although immigration raids in Iowa and other inland locations have been heavily covered by the media, the data show that a substantial
proportion of the criminal enforcement effort — even by ICE — takes
place along the Mexican border.”