Illegal Immigrants Accounted for Nearly 37 Percent of Federal Sentences in FY 2014

Illegal Immigrants Accounted for Nearly 37 Percent of Federal Sentences in FY 2014 - Breitbart:

"While illegal immigrants account for about 3.5 percent of the U.S population, they represented 36.7 percent of federal sentences in FY 2014 following criminal convictions, according to U.S. Sentencing Commission data obtained by Breitbart News.
According to FY 2014 USSC data, of 74,911 sentencing cases, citizens accounted for 43,479 (or 58.0 percent), illegal immigrants accounted for 27,505 (or 36.7 percent),
legal immigrants made up 3,017 (or 4.0 percent), and the remainder (about 1 percent) were cases in which the offender was either extradited or had an unknown status.
Broken down by some of the primary offenses,
illegal immigrants represented:

• 16.8 percent of drug trafficking cases, 
• 20.0 percent of kidnapping/hostage taking, 
• 74.1 percent of drug possession, 
• 12.3 percent of money laundering, and 
• 12.0 percent of murder convictions.