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Immigration and Crime: A marriage of convenience (to politicians)

By Jonathan Simor

As the presidential campaign continues it becomes clear that American political leaders are in no way willing to level with Americans about how complicated the immigration issues in this country are let alone craft a comprehensive approach that would bring immigrant workers who lack legal documentation out of the shadows. In the absence of serious movement toward a comprehensive solution you can count on one thing, get-tough policies that emphasize the relationship between immigration and crime will continue to get emphasized regardless of how little such policies do to relieve the serious social problems created by a black market in labor, nor how cruel the consequences for individuals and families.As Julia Preston reports in today's NYT, the current head of our Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (that spells ICE, another example of our government's love affair with tough-sounding acronyms, of course ICE melts along the border) is promising to emphasize two forms of crime control of immigration...continue to full post

Full post as published by Governing Through Crime on January 15, 2008 (boomark / email).