The number one way immigrants get into ICE’s system is through cooperation of local police with ICE.
Numerous studies have confirmed that noncitizens, whether present in the United States with status or without, do not engage in more criminal activity than citizens, and in fact engage in less criminal activity than citizens, establishing that immigration is not a public safety issue
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Why Cleveland Heights should pass legislation ensuring local police are not exceeding federal requirements to work with ICE
(No, Cleveland Heights has not yet done this.)
When immigrants fear city involvement in immigration enforcement they are less likely to trust police or officials, report an emergency, testify or appear at court. Our entire community is safest when everyone trusts and utilizes law enforcement agencies.
Immigration enforcement is the federal govt’s role and there are no laws requiring city officials to participate in federal immigration enforcement
Entanglement of local law enforcement with federal immigration enforcement produces profiling and discrimination in local policing not only on the basis of immigration status but also on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, and national origin