on May 1, 2017 in World News
Baltimore D.A. Warns Against Charging Illegal Immigrants for Minor Crimes
by John Binder The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office is requesting that prosecutors not charge illegal immigrants with minor crimes to protect them from eventual deportation. In an internal letter obtained by the Baltimore Sun, Chief Deputy State’s Attorney Michael Schatzow asks state prosecutors to withhold charges for minor crimes against illegal immigrants to protect them from deportation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “In considering the appropriate disposition of a minor, non-violent criminal case, please be certain to consider those potential consequences to the victim, witnesses, and the defendant,” Schatzow wrote in the letter, according to the Baltimore Sun. The… View Article
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