Prosecutions of immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexican border are way up, reports the Washington Post’s Spencer S. Hsu. The Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Streamline,” instituted in December 2005, has started the practice of jailing and prosecuting all border crossers.

One result of the policy is that human traffickers and drug smugglers aren’t receiving extra attention. Also, the Justice Dept. is prosecuting more border crossing cases than every other type of crime combined.

DHS says all the police action is worth it as apprehensions on the border are going down. Of course, if apprehensions were going up, DHS could spin it to show that they’re increasingly stopping illegal immigration. Read Hsu here. MB

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