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"The way that the government measures the number of SCAAP prisoners is different than the way they measure any other type of prisoners in the United States," he said. "I'd need to measure other prison populations in the same way the government measures SCAAP prisoners because the SCAAP is a combination of both the number of prisoners in prison and the number admitted over a period of time."
Study finds high rates of prison, jail for illegals →
"This shows how rare it is for people to try to enter the U.S. illegally as terrorists by crossing a border," said Alex Nowrasteh, one of the authors of the Cato study. "It shows how Mexico is not how these folks typically try to enter and the terrorism justification for building the wall is probably the weakest."
Former police chief recalls foiling terrorism case at border →
