The proposed reforms come as new government figures show a rising number of arrests of immigrants with no criminal records. According to the Department of Homeland Security, 60 percent of the 380,000 people arrested during the 2009 fiscal year were later turned over to immigration authorities. Fifty-seven percent of the more than 178,000 people sent through the Criminal Alien Program had no prior convictions. Sixty-five percent of those sent through the controversial 287(g) program also had no priors. The 287(g) program has been criticized for effectively allowing local police forces to act as federal immigration agents.