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GAO-05-646R 1 (2005-05-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptarte0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A ... nabiity * Integrty' FReiability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 May 9, 2005 The Honorable John N. Hostettler Chairman, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives The Honorable Steve King House of Representatives The Honorable Melissa Hart House of Representatives Subject: Infornation on Certain Illegal Aliens Arrested in the United States The former Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that as of January 2000 the total unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States was 7 million. This total includes those who entered the United States illegally and those who entered legally but overstayed their authorized period of stay. A more recent study estimated that there were about 10 million illegal aliens living in the United States as of March 2005.2 The study estimated that nearly 700,000 aliens entered the United States illegally or overstayed their authorized period of stay each year between 2000 and 2004. Some illegal aliens in the United States have been arrested and incarcerated in federal and state prisons and local jails, adding to already overcrowded prisons and jails. On April 7, 2005, we issued a report on criminal aliens3 that were incarcerated in federal and state prisons and local jails. Our report 'Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: 1990 to 2000, Office of Policy and Planning, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. 2Estimates of the Size and Characteristics of the Undocumented Population, Jeffrey S. Passel, Pew Hispanic Research Center, March 2005. 3An alien legally or illegally in the United States who has been convicted of a crime. 4GAO, Information on Criminal Aliens Incarcerated in Federal and State Prisons and Local Jails, GAO-0:,\() .T.7R (Washington, D.C.: April 7, 2005). GAO-05-646R Page I

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