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ICE ignoring crooks to target immigrant workers

The Houston Chronicle ran a three part series by Susan Carroll this week on immigrants in the local justice system, focusing on the fact that 3/4 of illegal immigrants processed through the Harris County Jail are not flagged for deportation by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents (see here, here, and here).I must say, though, it's an odd little series - full of anecdotes but with little system-level analysis other than to admit there's not evidence of a widespread safety problem. In particular, the stories examined no control group so it's impossible to know how immigrants' cases compare with other offenders. Instead we're told that,"There is no conclusive research to show whether illegal immigrants are more likely than their U...continue to full post

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