Reading thru the link I found this (I did some formatting):

"The five crime types for which non-U.S. citizens were most likely to be prosecuted in U.S. district court were:

illegal reentry (72% of prosecutions),

drugs (13%),

fraud (4.5%),

alien smuggling (4%),

misuse of visas (2%).

The five crime types for which U.S. citizens were most likely to be prosecuted in U.S. district court were:

drugs (38% of prosecutions),

weapons (21%),

fraud (12%),

public order (12%),

alien smuggling (6%)."

Remember, these are prosecutions in courts, some crimes and activities are more likely to get caught than others, and the same plays out with prosecutions. Some evidence is easier than others to obtain and process. So somebody stepping over a physical line on camera much easier to have the prosecution cut and dry over say a drug deal. With that, I'd love to see the headcount/resources utilised in total cost per prosecution. Again, some types of crime may well be almost production line with dedicateds courts running 24/7. Such details are lacking for a true picture.

Though I'm fairly sure such a headline/subject title initially is click baity to the max. Bit like saying that ET caused a rise in "alien smuggling" as 1983 saw a rise in such court cases.

{EDIT - I must remember the double spacing quirks}

If you actually are interested in a detailed source, take a look at the original report https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/icfjs9818.pdf

According to that, "Non-U.S. citizens, who make up 7% of the U.S. population (per the U.S. Census Bureau accounted for 15% of all federal arrests and 15% of prosecutions in U.S. district court for non-immigration crimes in 2018 (tables 7a and 13)."

So, the reading I'm seeing, is non-U.S. citizens are more than twice as likely to be arrested and prosecuted for a non-immigration based crime.

I actually made a comment on that elsewhere in the thread. If you take a look at table 7a, you can see that the disparity is due to drugs. But yes, non-citizens are more likely to be arrested for federal crimes.

That's a flat lie.

Being interdicted for being present illegally for the first time (never deported before) isn't even counted as a crime in these stats; those are civil proceedings, not criminal.

What’s a lie? These are arrest stats.