Illegal immigrants responsible for almost three-fourths of federal drug possession sentences in 2014

Published July 8, 2015 2:53pm ET



Of the more than 2,200 people who received federal sentences for drug possession in fiscal year 2014, almost three-quarters of them were illegal immigrants, according to new data from the United States Sentencing Commission.

Illegal immigrants also made up more than one-third of all federal sentences, that data said.

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