Here is the original source https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/icfjs9818.pdf https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/icfjs9818.pdf Note these statistics from the

Here is the original source https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/icfjs9818.pdf https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/icfjs9818.pdf Note these statistics from the highlights. > The five crime types for which non-U.S. citizens were most likely to be prosecuted in U.S. district court in 2018 were illegal reentry (72% of prosecutions), drugs (13%), fraud (4.5%), alien smuggling (4%), and misuse of visas (2%) > The five crime types for which U.S. citizens were most likely to be prosecuted in U.S. district court in 2018 were drugs (38% of prosecutions), weapons (21%), fraud (12%), public order (12%), and alien smuggling (6%) > Non-U.S. citizens, who make up 7% of the U.S. population (per the U.S. Census Bureau for 2017), accounted for 15% of all federal immigration crimes and 15% of prosecutions in U.S. district court for non-immigration crimes in 2018 (tables 7a and 13). With regards to the last stat I recommend you look at Table 7a, because that shows most of the discrepancy is drugs. It's unfortunate that the press release makes it sound like increased enforcement is what this report warrants. My opinion is the opposite. If we are arresting people for solely immigration offenses, then maybe the way that we should address the "significant drain of federal taxpayer funds to [used] prosecute those that are not taxpayers" is by decreasing enforcement.