> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-western-district-of-oklahoma/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:10:28.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:10:28.000Z - Description: All 571 people sentenced for immigration offenses in the Western District of Oklahoma in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 pleaded guilty and received a prison term. The median prison term was 10 months, compared with 7 months in all 94 federal districts. These cases were 12% of the 4,661 people sentenced i - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [Federal Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY201](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-oklahoma/) › Immigration Offense: Western District of Oklahoma **In brief:** All 571 people sentenced for immigration offenses in the Western District of Oklahoma in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 pleaded guilty and received a prison term. The median prison term was 10 months, compared with 7 months in all 94 federal districts. These cases were 12% of the 4,661 people sentenced in the district. Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025 This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 571 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/). ## Every Case Ended in a Guilty Plea and Prison All 571 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and none was convicted after a trial. All 571 also received a prison term, and none received probation only. In all 94 districts, the offense type "Immigration" covers 217,838 people, 95% of whom were sent to prison, with guilty pleas above 99%. For every offense type together in this district, 97% pleaded guilty. ## How Long the Terms Were The median prison term was 10 months. A quarter received 18 months or more, and a quarter received 5.6 months or less. The median in all districts was 7 months. For all offenses in this district the median was 46 months, which is higher than the 10 months for immigration cases here. ## One Guideline Covered Nearly All Cases The Commission's immigration category is sorted by primary guideline. A total of 567 people were under §2L1.2 (Unlawfully Entering or Remaining in the United States). Another 2 were under §2L1.1 (Smuggling, Transporting, or Harboring an Unlawful Alien). One person each was under §2L2.2 (Fraudulently Acquiring Documents Relating to Naturalization, Citizenship, or Legal Resident Status for Own Use) and §2L2.1 (Trafficking in a Document Relating to Naturalization, Citizenship, or Legal Resident Status, or a United States Passport). ## Sentences Close to the Guideline Range Most sentences stayed inside the recommended range: 414 people (73%) were within it. A total of 15 (3%) were below the range at the government's request, and 127 (22%) were below it without a government request. Another 15 (3%) were above the range. In all districts, 62% were within the range. For all offenses in this district, 50% were. No mandatory minimum applied to any of the 571 people. ## Plea Agreements and Supervised Release Among guilty pleas, 45% had a written plea agreement and 54% were straight pleas with no agreement. After prison, 47 people (8%) were ordered to serve supervised release, with a median term of 12 months. A fine was ordered for 1 person (less than 1%), and no restitution was ordered. On criminal history, 19% were in the lowest category and 4% in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Yearly Counts and Medians Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 had 159 people, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 had 412\. A fiscal year runs from October 1 through the end of September. Yearly counts range from 18 in 2021 to 96 in 2024\. The median prison term was 17 months in 2016 and 8 months in 2021 and 2023\. The records cannot show why a year's count or median differed from another's. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 35 | 17 months | 100% | | 2017 | 23 | 12 months | 100% | | 2018 | 41 | 9 months | 100% | | 2019 | 60 | 11.5 months | 100% | | 2020 | 81 | 9 months | 100% | | 2021 | 18 | 8 months | 100% | | 2022 | 40 | 16 months | 100% | | 2023 | 95 | 8 months | 100% | | 2024 | 96 | 10 months | 100% | | 2025 | 82 | 10 months | 100% | ## What the Records Do Not Show Altus AFB, Fort Sill, and Tinker AFB, all in Oklahoma, are in this district. Courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal district court. The Commission counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Prison terms are those imposed, not time served, and the records give no facts about any case. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Western District of Oklahoma (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Oklahoma West") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Immigration" (571). Offense types are the Commission's OFFGUIDE categories. Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records. ### What to Keep in Mind **No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served. **Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial. **Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart. **Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually. **How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less. ## Related Analysis - [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article) - [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts) - [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method) - [Federal Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-oklahoma/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-western-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-western-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-western-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Drug Possession Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-possession-sentences-western-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type) - [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) - [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.