Local Police Worry Trump Will Punish Sanctuary Cities By Cutting Drug War Funding
One of the programs police fear will suffer from a cutoff of federal funding to sanctuary cities is the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Taskforce.
Ali Winston
Ali Winston covers criminal justice and surveillance. His award-winning reporting has appeared in a number of regional and national outlets. Originally from New York, Ali is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley. He is based in Oakland, California.
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Obama’s Use of Unreliable Gang Databases for Deportations Could Be a Model for Trump
If Trump decides to move forward with mass deportations, he will have access to an existing deportation infrastructure built with bipartisan consensus.
U.S. Government Using Gang Databases to Deport Undocumented Immigrants
Over a decade of gang enforcement operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has resulted in more than 40,000 “gang-related” arrests and thousands of deportations. Yet many of those listed in “gang databases” may have no affiliation with gangs.