INVESTIGATIONS
Successful completions of criminal alien cases for November
2001 decreased 1 percent when compared to November 2000, while
employer cases decreased by 14 percent compared to the previous
November. Fraud completions for November 2001 decreased 57
percent compared to the same month last year, while successful
completions of smuggling cases decreased 58 percent.
Data Source: PAS G-23.19 & 19.1
- Definitions: Successful Completion: a case
that has resulted in an adverse action such as a
prosecution, deportation, removal, denial, civil action,
or cessation of targeted activity based on the outcome of
the investigation. Case Types: Criminal alien
cases include large-scale organizations engaged in
ongoing criminal activity and individual aliens convicted
of a crime such as drug trafficking or terrorism.
Employer cases include investigations that target
employers who knowingly hire or who continue to employ
illegal aliens. Fraud cases include marriage fraud,
immigration benefit fraud, Employer Sanctions document
fraud, and entitlement fraud. Smuggling cases involve
those which target persons or entities who bring,
transport, harbor, or smuggle illegal aliens into or
within the United States.
- Statistics for Criminal, Employer, Fraud, and Smuggling
cases are not complete. The New York district office was
unable to report fully its August, September, October,
and November statistics due to the attacks on the World
Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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