In the fiscal year of 2018, 34.2 percent of people arrested by federal authorities on immigration charges in the United States were Central American. This is an increase from the fiscal year of 1998, when 3.5 percent of immigration arrestees were from Central America.
Share of federal immigration arrests in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018, by country or region of citizenship
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United States
Mexico
Canada
Caribbean Islands
Central America
South America
Asia and Oceania
Europe
Africa
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (August 22, 2019). Share of federal immigration arrests in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018, by country or region of citizenship [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042616/share-federal-immigration-arrests-country-region-citizenship-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Share of federal immigration arrests in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018, by country or region of citizenship." Chart. August 22, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042616/share-federal-immigration-arrests-country-region-citizenship-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2019). Share of federal immigration arrests in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018, by country or region of citizenship. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042616/share-federal-immigration-arrests-country-region-citizenship-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Share of Federal Immigration Arrests in The United States from Fy 1998 to Fy 2018, by Country or Region of Citizenship." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042616/share-federal-immigration-arrests-country-region-citizenship-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Share of federal immigration arrests in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018, by country or region of citizenship Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042616/share-federal-immigration-arrests-country-region-citizenship-us/ (last visited July 24, 2024)
Share of federal immigration arrests in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018, by country or region of citizenship [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, August 22, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042616/share-federal-immigration-arrests-country-region-citizenship-us/