Members, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reflect that enforcement efforts "billed as carefully planned hunts for dangerous immigrant fugitives" have transmogrified into a program that instead ensnares much easier - and nonthreatening - targets. One of the graphics in the article demonstrates the change in priorities by including Department of Homeland Security memos between January 2004 - January 2006. Those memos may be read online at http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/2009/20090205_RAID_FINAL.pdf
Source: The New York Times | Full Article | Date posted: 2/4/2009