1/As our violently flawed and racist policing system continues to plague Black & brown communities from coast to coast, it’s clear that so many of the laws currently in place do nothing to protect us. And in a few weeks, @DHSgov will release new “enforcement” policies. #EyesonICE
2/These policies will determine every arrest, detention, & deportation that ICE and CBP execute over the next few years, and will have life-or-death impacts on immigrant communities across the country.
3/The Biden Administration STILL uses criminal convictions as the basis for its temporary deportation policy, even as the inherent racism of policing is exposed over and over again.
There are just a few weeks left to change that. #EyesonICE
4/That’s why the #WeAreHome Campaign is hosting Targeted Twice: the Police to Deportation Pipeline, national #EyesOnICE forum.
Speakers targeted by the racism of both policing & ICE will break down issues w/ current deportation policy & lay out policies needed to stop the harm.
5/Their voices & perspectives must be centered as the Biden administration and Secretary Mayorkas move forward with changes to immigration policies.
Now is the time to raise our voices and demand what our communities deserve.
A4: Roland Sylvain, NY'er and father of 4, has been fighting his deportation for almost a decade. ICE is trying to deport him for the “aggravated felonies” of forgery—for writing someone else’s name on traffic tickets bc his license was suspended at the time—from 20 years ago. 1/
A4: Roland's last fighting chance to stay here with his family is a gubernatorial pardon from @GovernorVA. #RepealAEDPA 2/
A4: Orlando Fernandez Taveras is a NY'er who came to the US at age 1. After yrs struggling with addiction, he had a successful recovery, got married, and had a child, only to have ICE arrest him, keep him in detention separated from his baby for 4+ years, and then deport him. 3/
A3: Whenever "domestic terror laws" are passed, the most vulnerable communities are always disproportionately punished, even if that punishment was intended for another group. #RepealAEDPA 1/
A3: Whatever the stated intent or target, the law feeds into a system that is programmed to have racially and economically unequal outcomes, so that’s what we get. #RepealAEDPA 2/
A3: AEDPA blocked off paths for incarcerated ppl to bring legal challenges, which meant more people were led to death at the hands of the state, whether in the form of a very long sentence or a death sentence. #RepealAEDPA 3/
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Q1: The failed "tough on crime" policies of the 1990s include AEDPA, which was signed 25 years ago tomorrow. What is this law and why is it bad?" #AEDPA25#RepealAEDPA
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.
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.
2/Marijuana-related activity has been a major factor dragging immigrants into the arrest-to-deportation pipeline. After years of organizing by immigrant advocates, criminal legal system advocates, & others, New York passed the MRTA! bit.ly/3fu23ux#MarijuanaJustice
3/MRTA includes big changes to NY law, including:
-legal possession of small amounts of marijuana for ppl 21+
-Creation of an NY licensing system to allow ppl & businesses to sell marijuana
-Expanded access to medical marijuana for many NY'ers
Today’s decision puts a halt to Trump’s latest attempt to criminalize immigrants. Trump’s rule—which was set to go into effect tomorrow—would have imposed sweeping new bars to asylum based on broad categories of criminal offenses.
Under that Trump rule, an asylum officer or immigration judge could have categorically denied relief based on convictions that were vacated or expunged. Denials could also have been based on mere allegations of some criminal offenses, even without a conviction.