Are Immigration Advocates Pro-Drunk Driver?
By Andrew R. Arthur on October 31, 2019
In my last two posts, I wrote about separate decisions that were recently issued by the attorney general (AG) under his so-called "certification authority": one having to do with the effect of convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) on 42B cancellation and the other on the effect of sentence modifications for criminal aliens facing removal. In an NBC News article this week, immigration advocates were critical of those decisions, which were clearly intended to protect public safety.
That NBC article is captioned "AG Barr issues 2 decisions limiting ways immigrants can fight deportation[;] The decisions make it harder for people with old, low-level criminal convictions or multiple drinking and driving offenses to fight deportation", and the headline captures the tenor of the piece. It begins: "Attorney General William Barr issued two decisions limiting immigrants' options to fight deportation late Friday, furthering the Trump administration's immigration crackdown."
That article addressed each issue individually, and the AG's actions as a whole. With respect to the latter, NBC News asserted:
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