Federal fraud and drug cases have plunged as President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown clogs up the court system, according to the Financial Times.
U.S. federal prosecutors have filed 6,991 new criminal immigration cases since Jan. 20, a 237 percent jump on the same period last year, the FT analysis of CourtListener data shows.
The surge is part of a broader operation in which masked federal teams have raided farms, construction sites, and factories, sparking large protests where National Guard soldiers have used tear gas and rubber bullets.
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