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Descano’s policy directs his prosecutors to consider “the detrimental impact that deportation/removal has on the families and communities those removed or deported leave behind.” Dozens of progressive prosecutors have adopted similar policies to thwart federal laws that make noncitizens deportable if convicted of certain crimes.
And bipartisan majorities in Congress recently expanded that list of offenses after an illegal alien murdered Georgia nursing studentBy dropping or reducing charges, these prosecutors help keep these criminals off ICE’s radar — if not totally out of their reach. To do that, these district attorneys give criminal aliens preferential treatment at the expense of American citizens. And that disparate treatment is not only dangerous, it is unlawful under civil-rights law, which bars discrimination based on “race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” Since, in effect, these defendants are receiving special consideration unavailable to US citizens, these policies and practices violate the civil rights of the rest of us.But his office had droppedcases against Morales-Ortez before, including first-degree murder, felony assault on a police officer and other violent offenses.This is what happens when ideology replaces equal justice.Minneapolis DA Mary Moriarty released a policy last April instructing her prosecutors to consider “racial identity and age” in charging and sentencing decisions. The Justice Department rightly intervened, since such blatant discrimination violates the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution. But the week before, Moriarty issued an equally insidious and discriminatory policy, ordering her prosecutors to take the “immigration impacts” on the defendant into account.They invoke “equity,” “collateral consequences” or “compassion.”Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg instructed prosecutors to seek outcomes that avoid immigration consequences for nearly all misdemeanors and many felonies.In Philadelphia, Larry Krasner’s office sends cases involving illegal immigrants to immigration counsel to find ways to reduce or erase those consequences.From Austin to Boulder, these policies are everywhere. And they all rest on the same idea: that some people deserve more mercy under the law because they are not citizens.Never mind the terrible policy consequences; federal civil‑rights law bars government agencies from treating people differently based on national origin.The Department of Justice already has the tool to stop this.It has been used repeatedly against police departments. Under the Biden administration alone, DOJ launched a dozen such probes, often ending in sweeping consent decrees that put federal bureaucrats in charge of local policing.In fact, DOJ has already used this authority to investigate district attorneys.If a prosecutor announced a policy to punishBut when prosecutors tilt the scales the other way, the silence is deafening.It was not an unavoidable tragedy.And that policy — designed to skirt federal law requiring the deportation of criminal aliens — is both illegal and immoral.The Justice Department should open civil-rights investigations into prosecutors who systematically favor illegal aliens over Americans. Where violations are found, DOJ should seek court‑ordered remedies — just as it has done with police departments.And until DOJ enforces it, Americans will keep paying the price. Jason Johnson is president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, which asked the Justice Department to launch a civil-rights investigation into Fairfax’s commonwealth’s attorney’s policies.
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