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handle is hein.crs/govemyl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \Congressional ____ R .fesearch Service Recent Caseload Statistics for U.S. District Courts: Criminal Defendants Charged by Type of Offense September 26, 2023 The Administrative Office of U.S. Courts regularly compiles data related to the workload of the federal courts. This Insight provides an overview and analysis of data related to one measure of workload-the number and percentage of criminal defendants charged with various types of offenses in U.S. district courts. Specifically, it provides information about (1) the percentage of defendants charged with certain types of offenses in U.S. district courts for the period 2001-2022; (2) the combined percentage of defendants, during this same period, charged with the three most common types of offenses- immigration, drugs (excluding marijuana), and firearms/explosives; and (3) the three most common types of offenses for which defendants were charged in each U.S. district court in 2022. The data below include defendants charged with felonies or Class A misdemeanors (or, if the defendant was charged with a petty offense, the case was assigned to a district court judge rather than a magistrate judge). Additionally, the data exclude defendants transferred among district courts and do not include defendants charged in U.S. territorial district courts. This Insight does not provide legal analysis of the offenses discussed. Percentage of Defendants Charged by Type of Offense (2001-2022) Nationally, during the 2001-2022 period, immigration-related offenses were the most common for which defendants were charged during 13 (59%) of the 22 years. And as shown by Figure 1, since 2008 (with the exceptions of 2020 and 2021), immigration has been the most common type of offense for which defendants have been charged. The percentage of federal defendants charged with immigration-related offenses ranged from a low of 14.2% in 2001 to a high of 34.8% in 2019. Examples of specific immigration-related offenses include (1) improper reentry by an alien after having been removed from the United States; (2) the smuggling of aliens into the United States, including arranging transportation or otherwise assisting unauthorized individuals to enter or remain in the United States; and (3) fraud and misuse of visas or other documents. For additional information about statistics regarding immigration-related offenses, see CRS Insight IN 12253, Recent Caseload Statistics for U.S. District Courts: Criminal Defendants Charged with Immigration-Related Offenses. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12252 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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