sinidentidades:Majority of Detained Immigrants Have No Criminal ConvictionsA report released today b
sinidentidades:Majority of Detained Immigrants Have No Criminal ConvictionsA report released today by TRAC Immigration shows that only 1 in 10 immigrants currently being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) meet the criteria of posing a serious threat to national security. ICE issued new guidelines in December requiring officials to reserve immigrant detainers for those convicted of serious criminal offenses, and new data collected six months later seems to show ICE is not honoring that directive.Among those in detention as of June 2013, 62% have no criminal convictions, and most others have been convicted of minor criminal offenses such as traffic violations and marijuana possession. As the government shutdown, the possibility of immigration reform this year and the findings of this report, highlight a critical area of failed policy that keeps people behind bars. -- source link