Lawmakers ask DOJ why it declined to prosecute illegal immigrants previously deported with criminal conviction

Four California House Republicans are demanding to know why federal prosecutions of illegal immigrants with a criminal conviction and deportation declined significantly in one Justice Department office, after they were caught illegally re-entering the U.S. In a letter dated Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland, the congressional lawmakers noted that more than 7 million people have crossed the southern border illegally into the U.S. since President Biden took office.

'The law is clear that these are felonies and should be prosecuted,' he said. He said court records revealed that prosecutors in his old office went from prosecuting hundreds of such cases in previous years to just five in 2023.

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