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Enforcing Nonenforcement: Countering the Threat Posed to Sanctuary Laws by the Inclusion of Immigration Records in the National Crime Information Center Database

2009; UC Berkeley School of Law; Volume: 97; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15779/z38x418

ISSN

1942-6542

Autores

Laura Sullivan,

Tópico(s)

Torture, Ethics, and Law

Resumo

Across the United States, local police officers are playing an increasingly active role in the enforcement of federal immigration laws against the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. Immigration-related detentions resulting from contact with local officers have dramatically increased in recent years. In some jurisdictions, local enforcement initiatives have resulted in the arrests of hundreds of illegal immigrants in a matter of days. The National Crime Information Center database (“NCIC”) is making

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