She also said that having 11 million residents with limited rights "is corrosive for a democracy". She urged audience members to consider what it means to live in the United States without the protection of labor laws or law enforcement in cases of domestic abuse and other crimes or health care access, before medical problems escalate to emergency room issues.
As in all law enforcement, the number of cases Mr. Bharara pursues with the confidence he will convict is likely a fraction of those he is following.
A bill being proposed in the state Legislature would increase the filing fee for developers of such properties, and the proceeds would be used by the state attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, in part to handle enforcement in cases of complaints by buyers in new projects.
Founded in 1994, the CUE Center for Missing Persons aids families and law enforcement in cases of missing persons nationwide.
According to a New York Times analysis of enforcement cases, nearly all of the biggest Wall Street firms have settled fraud cases by promising never to violate a law that they had already promised not to break, usually multiple times.
Mr. Rove was also among those at the White House who pushed for more vigorous enforcement of voter fraud cases.
The British regulator has been stepping up its enforcement of market abuse cases over the last 12 months after criticism of being asleep at the wheel ahead of the financial crisis.
Both President Bush and Mr. Pitt have cited the agency's record number of enforcement cases over the last year as evidence of its continued vitality.
"NYSE on track to bring record number of enforcement cases," screams the page one headline of the New York Stock Exchange's November newsletter.
Barry Goldsmith, the NASD's chief of enforcement, said, "Cases like this sort of stick in our craw".
Along with the threat of enforcement cases, the S.E.C. has stepped up its inspections of exchanges and introduced several measures to improve the safety of the markets.
