Connecticut Will Soon Protect Undocumented Immigrants Who Report Crime

The Connecticut state senate on Friday unanimously approved a bill that will allow local law enforcement officials to decide when an individual should be held for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The Transparency and Responsibility Using State Tools or (TRUST) Act is meant to discourage law enforcement officials from detaining immigrants when they report crime, either as witnesses or victims, without the fear of deportation. Recent studies have shown that mistrust between immigrant communities and police officers has delayed solving cases; immigrants often won’t report crimes because they fear inadvertently becoming the prosecutorial target.


Read more here: http://thinkprogress.org/immigration...cut-trust-act/

Yet another reason why the blue states especially the ones in the Northeast are so good for immigrants. Been living in Connecticut for years now and till this day I've not encountered a single racist moment. In fact, I've lived in New York and Massachusetts as well and the same applies. Even without this approved measure, I would not hesitate to approach the cops regarding an issue even assuming I had no DACA.