More than 90 percent of inmates held in federal prisons are illegal immigrants, according to data released by the Department of Justice on Tuesday.
The data:
- 45,500 federal prisoners are foreign born.
- 41,550 of those are in the U.S. illegally.
The amount of foreign-born prisoners overall represents 24 percent of the federal prison population, according to the data.
"Illegal aliens who commit additional crimes in the United States are a threat to public safety and a burden on our criminal justice system," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement.
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