The Senate of State in Pennsylvania adopted a bill at the beginning of this week, which would force district prosecutors around the community of nations to inform the US immigration and enforcement (ICE) if they encounter a criminal who is illegally in this country.
. legislation passed 31 to 18 with current republicans and signing four democrats.
None of the democrats who approved this agent comes from the Philadelphia area.
The bill is now moving to Pennsylvania’s home.
When Americans protest against the wrong deportation and imprisonment A resident of Maryland Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the Trump administration is fighting Federal judges In the field of immigration policy, up-to-date provisions informing prosecutors on how to deal with undocumented immigrants, increases the feeling of growing anxiety among democrats.
The reaction to the Senate Act No. 471 has been mixed, and officials from most regional offices of regional prosecutors say that they will have nothing to say about the act until it is discussed at the meeting of the Association of District Prosecutors in Pennsylvania (PDAA) This month.
Calling “common sense”, “the victory of public security and the rule of law”, a statement of GOP in Pennsylvania published on Wednesday said that “no District Prosecutor should allow ignoring federal immigration regulations and put a policy against protecting their community.”
The Act ensures that “illegal immigrants who commit crimes do not avoid justice because of activists.”
The statement stated that if the Governor of Josh Shapiro and Democrats oppose the Act: “They should explain why you are more concerned about the protection of criminal illegal immigrants than the protection of Pennsylvania’s law.”
Ice spokesman said on Thursday that the department would not comment on the Senate laws.
Senator Dan Laughlin (R., Erie) The sponsor of the Act did not answer the request for comment. Other legislators did not respond to requests to clarify their votes.
Democrats by voting in favor of the Act, it is a sense. Lisa Boscola and Nick Miller, they both represent parts of Lehigh and Northampton’s Fountains; Sleep Martin Flynn II from Lackawanna’s County; and Senator Nicholas Pisciottano Jr. From Allegheny’s Flame.
Senator Amanda Cappelletti, a democrat, whose district includes parts of Delaware and Montgomery, said that she voted against the law “because I know that she would not help our communities that hurt – will increase their pain.”
How the bill would take place if he passed on to legally. The fifth amendment to the US Constitution prohibits prosecutors of conversations with accused criminals without the consent of a defense lawyer to ask for documentation.
Anuj Gupta, president Welcome Center At the City City, which helps immigrants in the skills, entrepreneurship and business languages, rejected the bill as “performative nonsense”.
He said that such legislation sends a signal to undocumented immigrants to avoid contact with law enforcement agencies.
“You send messages that every such contact exposes you to danger,” Gupta added. “This worsens people reporting crimes and makes the communities less safe.”
