Survey of INS's Anti-Smuggling Units
Report Number I-2001-003
March 2001

Cases Opened

• Border Patrol: 745
  (includes: 60 Category I; 55 Task Force; 240 Category II; and 390 Category III) ²¹
• District Office: 992
  (includes: 81 Category I; 47 Task Force; 433 Category II; and 431 Category III)

Cases Completed

• Border Patrol: 524
  (includes: 32 Category I; 35 Task Force; 118 Category II; and 339 Category III)
• District Office: 849
  (includes: 82 Category I; 38 Task Force; 316 Category II; and 413 Category III)

Special Agent Hours

• Border Patrol: 313,689
  (includes: 126,408 devoted to Category I; 46,643 devoted to Task Force; 99,211 devoted to Category II; and 41,427 devoted to Category III)
• District Office: 363,762
  (includes: 76,038 devoted to Category I; 54,974 devoted to Task Force; 158,280 devoted to Category II; and 74,470 devoted to Category III)

Number of Smugglers Arrested

• Border Patrol: 1,457
  (includes: 92 Category I; 77 Task Force; 354 Category II; and 934 Category III)
• District Office: 931
  (includes: 141 Category I; 42 Task Force; 472 Category II; and 276 Category III)

Number of Smuggled Aliens Arrested

• Border Patrol: 17,313
  (includes: 1,535 Category I; 347 Task Force; 4,259 Category II; and 11,172 Category III)
• District Office: 11,288
  (includes: 2,555 Category I; 275 Task Force; 3,893 Category II; and 4,565 Category III)

Number of Defendants Prosecuted

• Border Patrol: 913
  (includes: 157 Category I; 70 Task Force; 381 Category II; and 305 Category III)
• District Office: 712
  (includes: 171 Category I; 23 Task Force; 445 Category II; and 73 Category III)

Number of Defendants Convicted

• Border Patrol: 496
  (includes: 98 Category I; 20 Task Force; 251 Category II; and 127 Category III)
• District Office: 403
  (includes: 85 Category I; 16 Task Force; 267 Category II; and 35 Category III)

21. For definitions of the Categories, see footnote 6.