DHS-Immigration Referrals for Prosecution

Month and Year (by reporting date)		Number	Six-Month Moving Average
			Moving Average	Monthly Change	Percent Change
Clinton	October 1998	1,419	-	-	-
	November 1998	1,220	-	-	-
	December 1998	1,286	-	-	-
	January 1999	1,324	-	-	-
	February 1999	1,532	-	-	-
	March 1999	2,013	1,466	-	-
	April 1999	1,806	1,530	64	4.4
	May 1999	1,363	1,554	24	1.6
	June 1999	1,593	1,605	51	3.3
	July 1999	1,394	1,617	12	0.7
	August 1999	1,712	1,647	30	1.9
	September 1999	1,860	1,621	-26	-1.6
	October 1999	1,173	1,516	-105	-6.5
	November 1999	1,228	1,493	-23	-1.5
	December 1999	1,302	1,445	-48	-3.2
	January 2000	1,723	1,500	55	3.8
	February 2000	1,723	1,502	2	0.1
	March 2000	1,723	1,479	-23	-1.5
	April 2000	2,221	1,654	175	11.8
	May 2000	1,420	1,686	32	1.9
	June 2000	1,645	1,743	57	3.4
	July 2000	1,570	1,717	-26	-1.5
	August 2000	1,570	1,692	-25	-1.5
	September 2000	1,570	1,666	-26	-1.5
	October 2000	1,351	1,521	-145	-8.7
	November 2000	1,424	1,522	1	0.1
	December 2000	1,209	1,449	-73	-4.8
Bush	January 2001	1,578	1,450	1	0.1
	February 2001	1,506	1,440	-10	-0.7
	March 2001	1,716	1,464	24	1.7
	April 2001	1,531	1,494	30	2.0
	May 2001	1,788	1,555	61	4.1
	June 2001	1,456	1,596	41	2.6
	July 2001	1,553	1,592	-4	-0.3
	August 2001	1,571	1,603	11	0.7
	September 2001	1,250	1,525	-78	-4.9
	October 2001	1,378	1,499	-26	-1.7
	November 2001	1,062	1,378	-121	-8.1
	December 2001	1,072	1,314	-64	-4.6
	January 2002	1,379	1,285	-29	-2.2
	February 2002	1,529	1,278	-7	-0.5
	March 2002	1,806	1,371	93	7.3
	April 2002	1,929	1,463	92	6.7
	May 2002	1,861	1,596	133	9.1
	June 2002	1,614	1,686	90	5.6
	July 2002	1,917	1,776	90	5.3
	August 2002	1,960	1,848	72	4.1
	September 2002	1,788	1,845	-3	-0.2
	October 2002	1,893	1,839	-6	-0.3
	November 2002	1,778	1,825	-14	-0.8
	December 2002	1,843	1,863	38	2.1
	January 2003	2,455	1,953	90	4.8
	February 2003	2,075	1,972	19	1.0
	March 2003	2,052	2,016	44	2.2
	April 2003	1,845	2,008	-8	-0.4
	May 2003	2,010	2,047	39	1.9
	June 2003	1,850	2,048	1	0.0
	July 2003	2,137	1,995	-53	-2.6
	August 2003	1,964	1,976	-19	-1.0
	September 2003	2,024	1,972	-4	-0.2
	October 2003	1,911	1,983	11	0.6
	November 2003	1,774	1,943	-40	-2.0
	December 2003	3,244	2,176	233	12.0
	January 2004	3,447	2,394	218	10.0
	February 2004	2,845	2,541	147	6.1
	March 2004	3,890	2,852	311	12.2
	April 2004	4,229	3,238	386	13.5
	May 2004	4,085	3,623	385	11.9
	June 2004	3,375	3,645	22	0.6
	July 2004	3,416	3,640	-5	-0.1
	August 2004	4,201	3,866	226	6.2
	September 2004	3,074	3,730	-136	-3.5
	October 2004	2,661	3,469	-261	-7.0
	November 2004	2,513	3,207	-262	-7.6
	December 2004	2,482	3,058	-149	-4.6
	January 2005	2,669	2,933	-125	-4.1
	February 2005	2,692	2,682	-251	-8.6
	March 2005	3,628	2,774	92	3.4

With small frequencies, care should be taken in interpretation. Figures are based upon date event recorded and parallel annual series.