Illegal Immigration

Stats According to the Center for Immigration Studies –January 2000 there were 7 million illegal aliens in the US –Illegal alien population estimated at 10 million in 2007 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) –Within Department of Homeland Security Responsible for guarding 7,000 miles of land border and 2,000 miles of coastal waters –11,000 CBP agents and 18,000 CBP officers

Deploying modern technology, strengthening border infrastructure, increasing the number of highly trained law enforcement personnel New Terrorist Watch Program –U. S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) 24 million foreigners are expected to be checked at nation’s airports annually Check against terrorist lists and national database U.S. Southwestern Border –700 mile fence –Over $1.2 billion

Congress also passed a DHS bill that included $380 million to hire 1,500 more CBP agents and money to build detention facilities One crime that has been disproportionately associated with undocumented migrants in the Southwest is drug trafficking Police officials say this is a false impression Aliens are a prime target for criminals

Rescue beacons and border drones Monitor illegal activity along the Arizona- Mexico border Use thermal and night-vision equipment to spot illegal immigrants and can detect movement from 15 miles of altitude, read a license plate, and detect weapons

Organized Crime –Any group having some manner of formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities Oldest, most profitable, and most dangerous form of organized crime in the US is the Mafia Origins can be traced back to 13 th century Sicily

Morte Alle Francia Italia Anela” meaning “Death to the French is Italy’s Cry” The acronym of this is MAFIA Mafia families have a formally organized nature By the 1960s the Mafia’s influence in America had grown to a multibillion-dollar syndicate of criminal enterprises run by 26 families nationwide Beginning in the mid-1980s, the FBI led an assault on the Mafia Put away two generations of godfathers Put them away using these methods: 1.Expanded use of electronic eavesdropping (wiretapping) 2.Use of informants 3.Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)

Policing Youth Crimes About 46.3% of all persons arrested in the US are under the age of % are under 19 Juvenile crime remains one of the nation’s most serious problems Four in five victims of nonfatal violent crime, ages 12 to 14, perceived the offender to be a juvenile Incarceration rate of 645 makes the US second only to that of Russia at 685

Policing Youth Crimes Overall homicide rate declined in 1980s and 1990s Youth violence, particularly gun homicide began increasing dramatically Research has linked urban gun violence to gang conflicts over drug markets