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WA: Gov moves to deport illegal immigrants in prisons. Will not take part in ICE "rapid removal"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"The governor made it clear that the state would not join in ICE's rapid removal program. For immigrant advocates, the shift in policy was welcome news. From the beginning, the main concern for immigration groups was protecting due process. Deportation procedures are conducted under a different court system than criminal cases. In many cases, legal representation is hard to obtain and immigrants who may be eligible to stay in the country end up signing deportation papers, advocates argue. "We're not opposed to the underlying scheme, but we wanted to make sure there's a due process all along," said Shankar Narayan, legislative director for Washington's ACLU chapter." May, 19, 2009 Gov moves to deport illegal immigrants in prisons By MANUEL VALDES / Associated Press Writer SEATTLE -- Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).