Thread by @ImmDefense

1/Advocates are demanding that ICE does not rely on a racist criminal legal system to fuel deportation, & that it eliminate gang affiliation from its final "enforcement priorities." Gang labeling is often based on arbitrary factors & is proven to lead to discriminatory policing.

https://twitter.com/ImmDefense/status/1377659355055669249

2/Gang allegations are nearly impossible to challenge in both pre-trial detention AND immigration court. ICE has targeted and incarcerated immigrant youth labeled as "gang-involved” based on flimsy evidence.

3/By continuing to target immigrants for arrest and deportation under this label, ICE is perpetuating the racial bias that initiated the labeling in the first place.

4/4 @SecMayorkas must reverse this reliance on gang affiliations in order to honor its commitment to reversing our dangerously punitive and discriminatory immigration system!

Any permanent policy must break from categories with such clear discriminatory and abusive impacts!