It was pointed out that it is a part of the government operation in the islands that the U.S. attorney is to have this jurisdiction over local crimes as well as the usual responsibility of the U.S. attorney over Federal crimes. The result is that the U.S. attorney is responsible for the prosecution of offenses other than misdemeanors. In the Federal area. it was also observed that the burden placed upon the office in connection with immigration cases also contributes to the workload. The problem of illegal entrants has been a continuing one which appears to have increased in recent years and represents a law enforcement problem. The members of the subcommittee were interested in the comparative figures concerning cases handled by the average assistant U.S. attorney as compared with the assistant in the Virgin Islands.
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