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DHS, Undocumented Immigrants, and Hurricane Katrina

By immigrationprof

The Department of Homeland Security has announced that inormation provided by undocumented immigrants in securing relief from Hurricane Katrina could be used in deportiing them from the country. For a Washington Post article on this policy and its impacts, see

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091901398.html?sub=AR

Darryl Fears, For Illegal Immigrants, Some Aid Is Too Risky: Fears Abound as Government Won’t Promise Immunity rom Deportation Tuesday, September 20, 2005; Page A06