West Texas is currently leading the country in terms of federal criminal prosecutions, according to data from the Department of Justice and U.S. Courts reported by Border Report.
Concretely, over 13,300 cases were filed in the area between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2023. The vast majority of them were filed in the Southern District, which includes border cities like Laredo and Brownsville, as well as large cities large Houston and Galveston.
