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Immigration laws prevent police from solving crime

By Gritsforbreakfast

The most important public safety argument for expanding legal immigration and legalizing undocumented immigrants, to me, is the fact that immigrants tend not to cooperate with law enforcement as either a victim or a witness, even in cases of domestic abuse. KXAN-TV in Austin had a recent story on this topic:For those living in this country illegally, the fear of deportation can keep them from reporting a crime. ..."Women in general are afraid to report domestic violence," said Detective Darla Fuller of the Travis County Sheriff's Office. "When a woman is afraid of deportation, usually that is something that the batterer has used to keep her in line or to try to keep her from calling law enforcement."There are supposedly around 1.6 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 18, 2008 (boomark / email).