Homeland Security: 0.01 percent of cases are related to terrorism

May 28, 2007
Homeland Security: 0.01 percent of cases are related to terrorism

• Group analyzed millions of records obtained from immigration courts
  
• 12 of 814,073 charged in past three years faced terrorism charges
  
• Report also found DHS filed very few "national security" charges
  
• DHS spokesman calls report "ill-conceived"
  

Of the 814,073 people charged by DHS in immigration courts during the past three years, 12 faced charges of terrorism, TRAC said.

Those 12 cases represent 0.0015 percent of the total number of cases filed.

The TRAC analysis also found that DHS filed a minuscule number of what are called "national security" charges against people in the immigration courts. The report stated that 114, or 0.014 percent of the total of roughly 800,000 individuals charged were charged with national security violations.

TRAC reported more than 85 percent of the charges involved more common immigration violations such as not having a valid immigrant visa, overstaying a student visa or entering the United States without an inspection.