U.S. Pledges to Raise Deportation Threshold[very good news]
This is great news people and credit should be given where it is due.In affect,Secure communities will have quite a bit of fair changes that should have less of a negative impact on the immigrant community.
If this is to continue I think the President should be re-elected so that this is policy for the long haul or at least till 2016.
If this is to continue I think the President should be re-elected so that this is policy for the long haul or at least till 2016.
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But in making course corrections to the program, known as Secure Communities, Mr. Morton acknowledged the groundswell of local resistance, including opposition from Latino and immigrant groups, to an effort that is central to President Obama’s approach to controlling illegal immigration. Critics said the program was casting too wide a net and had strayed from its goal of bolstering public safety by expelling illegal immigrants who committed the most dangerous crimes. In a fix likely to have broad practical effect, Mr. Morton issued a memorandum that greatly expanded the factors immigration authorities can take into account in deciding to defer or cancel deportations. Agents are now formally urged to consider how long an illegal immigrant has been in the United States, or whether the immigrant was brought here illegally as a child and is studying in high school or college. In practice, the memorandum gives immigration agents authority to postpone or cancel, on a case by case basis, deportations of illegal immigrant students who might have been eligible for legal status under a bill stalled in Congress that is known as the Dream Act. The authorities are also instructed to give “particular care and consideration” to veterans and active duty members of the military, especially if they have been in combat, and to their close relatives. Mr. Morton also expanded the authority of federal lawyers who handle cases in immigration courts to dismiss deportation proceedings against immigrants without serious criminal records....... ......Mr. Morton also issued new guidelines he said would ensure that illegal immigrants detained by the police who were victims of domestic violence and witnesses to crimes would not be deported. Immigration lawyers praised the new ground rules. “If these standards are applied consistently, it would allow ICE to focus government resources on dangerous criminals and national security risks to make America safer, a goal we all share,” said David Leopold, the outgoing president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. |
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Originally Posted by Boulevard
Guys, maybe all of us should carry a copy of the article in our cars just in case some officials want to like candy asses. Just a thought.
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Originally Posted by LifeDreamer
hahaha.. sounds go to me..
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Originally Posted by Dres2011
"Agents are now formally urged"
and that is where you don't take this seriously. Leaving it to the Ice agent discretion, I am not sure how they feel but when cop becomes a cop it is to enforce the law. hopefully some follow up on it. |
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