Deborah Denno comments to the Christian Science Monitor on the increase of felony prosecutions for immigration crimes during President Obama’s first two years in office, a factor in the record 400,000 deportations this fiscal year.
“It’s unclear … [whether]officials who are making decisions [about sweeps and increased prosecution]are really comprehending the kinds of social policy implications that they raise,” says Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University in New York. “You’re taking massive numbers of people and incarcerating them, which means they can’t support their families, which leads to serious repercussions.”
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