57,820 Illegal Aliens in Federal Custody, Thousands for Drug-related Offenses

Article CAIRCO note: 
From Article: “Approximately 46 percent (17,621) of known or suspected aliens in BOP custody had committed drug trafficking or other drug-related offenses (such as conspiracy to commit drug trafficking offenses, or smuggling...
Article author: 
Warren Mass
Article publisher: 
The New American
Article date: 
12 June 2018
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 

The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice jointly released their “Alien Incarceration Report Fiscal Year 2018, Quarter 1” on June 6 (posted on the Justice Department website) revealing eye-opening statistics on the arrests of illegal aliens inside the United States who are currently in federal custody...

Related: Alien Incarceration Report Fiscal Year 2018, Quarter 1/  U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)