Senior Fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick delivered oral testimony earlier than Congress exposing skyrocketing “at-large” arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), profiling, wrongful detentions of U.S. residents, and the pressing want for congressional reform.
What this testimony covers:
- ICE’s speedy enlargement of “at-large” arrests — together with a pointy rise in arrests of individuals with no legal document.
- The unfold of aggressive enforcement techniques like collateral arrests, roving patrols, and worksite raids.
- How appearance-based profiling has led to U.S. residents and everlasting residents being wrongly detained.
- The general public-safety penalties of prioritizing immigration arrests over different federal law-enforcement wants.
- The pressing want for Congress to limit overreach, require clear officer identification, and prohibit profiling.
The enlargement of inside immigration enforcement doesn’t simply have an effect on noncitizens. As “at-large” arrests and aggressive enforcement techniques develop, extra U.S. residents and lawful everlasting residents are being caught up — usually wrongfully — in sweeping immigration operations. That undermines belief in regulation enforcement, erodes civil liberties, and makes communities much less secure for everybody.
With out legislative reform, this overreach dangers completely damaging the social material of immigrant and mixed-status communities throughout the nation.
