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‘Jailhouse Screening’ Puts Undocumented Immigrants at Greater Risk: Paper

The Crime Report

immigration enforcement has largely shifted from the street to jails, resulting in overreach and an increase in incarceration, according to a North Carolina law professor. Jailhouse screening” was supposed to speed up immigration processes and identify undocumented immigrants who posed a threat to public safety.

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Criminalizing Migration: How We Got Here

The Crime Report

needs to radically change existing immigration laws and policies to shift away from the mindset of “migrant sorting” by criminal status, according to a paper published in the Daedalus journal. Immigration and Criminal Justice Intertwined. It allowed INS to detain migrants convicted of one of these offenses.

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What Europe Can Teach Us About Ending Mass Incarceration

The Crime Report

On April 13, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos staked her position on sentencing for a man convicted of a misdemeanor and a low-level felony. Norway is predominantly ethnically Norwegian, but the immigrant population also tripled from 1998 to 2013.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

There is nothing unlawful about conveying individuals who are lawfully in the country pending their immigration hearings. Many migrants are released soon after capture, including some without a hearing date or court dates that are years in the future. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

SCOTUSBlog

Supreme Court. With Justice Stephen Breyer expected to retire at the end of this term , California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger is one of the frontrunners to succeed him. Her mother hails from Jamaica, while her late father was the son of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. Early life and career.

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