1/ repealing the laws would not in itself change deportation numbers; deportation is a civil proceeding, not a criminal proceeding. Repeal of these laws *would not end immigration enforcement.* Anyone who says it would is wrong;
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2/ what repeal would do is eliminate the *criminal* penalties for border-crossing and return immigration enforcement solely to civil authorities at DHS (rather than bringing U.S. Attorneys into the mix), which was basically the practice until 2005;
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3/ there is *no evidence* that criminal prosecutions deter unauthorized migration. None. DHS has never been able to prove it;
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4/ the idea that a person fleeing violence or poverty thousands of miles away sits down before leaving to weigh the likelihood that she'll be charged with a misdemeanor and jailed by the U.S. Marshals versus placed in deportation proceedings and jailed by ICE is, well, laughable;
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5/ (also, criminalizing the act of migration is immoral);
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6/ U.S. taxpayers spend $1 billion annually on incarceration costs alone for people prosecuted for border-crossing, and hundreds of millions more on related costs;
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6/ politicians are just now catching on, but immigrants’ rights, criminal justice, and human rights organizations have been calling for an end to border prosecutions for years: In 2015:https://www.aclu.org/letter/coalition-letter-attorney-general-171-organizations-end-streamline-prosecutions …
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9/ and as
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10/ No one thinks repeal will fix the totality of the injustice and harms of the current immigration enforcement system. But 1325 and 1326 are bad policy by any measure. Repeal would be a meaningful step toward bringing some sense and morality to a system that has neither.
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