From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org):
Political leaders should end harmful criminal justice practices that criminalize poverty and send undocumented residents into the deportation pipeline, according to a new report by Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project, the Immigration Defense Project, and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. “Any contact with the criminal justice system that a non-citizen has, however small, creates a serious risk that ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] will intervene,” the report states. However, even progressive cities claiming sanctuary status engage in ineffective criminal justice policies and practices, including “broken windows” policing, cash bail requirements, and harsh drug laws, which all increase the likelihood of ICE intervention. The report provides eight recommendations, including ending broken windows policing, considering immigration consequences in discretionary decisions, and ending all collusion with ICE.
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