Deporting Assets While Ignoring Threats

Commentary from the National Immigration Forum:

It is hard to argue that our immigration enforcement priorities make sense.  Over the past several years, we have seen an explosion of raids, detention beds, boots at the border, and enforcement of every kind against immigrants in the country illegally.  But what is the result?  For the most part, we are arresting, jailing, and deporting immigrant family members who have committed no crimes beyond violating immigration regulations.  These people are assets to our economy and communities, not threats to them. Click here for the rest.

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