Sanctuary city
There is a lot to chew on in the Yale Daily News story recounting the "fallout" from last June's efforts by federal officials to execute 16 deportation orders on illegal aliens in New Haven. New Haven had just passed the nation’s first-ever municipal ID program, giving all city residents identification regardless of citizenship status. The YDN helpfully explains that the rationale for the ID program was crime prevention:
The card has been especially championed by communities concerned about the increase in theft and assault affecting undocumented immigrants, many of whom are forced to carry large amounts of cash because they cannot open bank accounts without some form of government ID."I'm sure racial profiling was a part of it too." I buy it, just as I buy the anti-crime rationale for the ID card.In New Haven, it became apparent that both documented and undocumented immigrants would be targets for such crimes, DeStefano spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga said. From a glance, she said, thieves can never be sure whether a victim is documented, so anyone who looked like they were carrying money was vulnerable.
“We do know that a lot of people who looked like they had just maybe gotten a paycheck had been targeted, and I’m sure racial profiling was a part of it too,” JUNTA Program Director for Economic Development Laura Huizar ’06 said.
The YDN article addresses the "fallout" from last June's immigration raid. So far as I can tell from the story, the principal fallout is the entry into the fray by -- who else? -- Yale Law School clinic attorneys. I last took a look at Yale Law School and the passion it had put on display for compliance with the law -- then the Solomon Amendment -- in "JAGs not welcome."
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