US Cracks Down on Visas for Immigrant Heroes

[rangerrebew]

US Cracks Down on Visas for Immigrant Heroes

New Anti-Immigration Policy Threatens Public Safety
 
 

Undocumented immigrants brave enough to come forward to report crime, need to know they can safely approach police without fear of deportation. Congress should preserve and expand provisions in the Violence Against Women Act that allow courageous undocumented immigrants to safely report crime.

Linda Mendoza was opening her beauty salon in East Oakland, California, when a gunman pointed a gun at her pregnant belly and demanded cash. Mendoza, who had been brought to the US at age four and was undocumented, called the police after her assailant fled, ignoring objections of friends and family who worried that by drawing attention to herself she risked deportation. Because Mendoza came forward, police were able to prosecute and arrest the perpetrator and his accomplice who were responsible for a string of robberies in her neighborhood.

By helping police, Mendoza became eligible for a U visa, a program that protects immigrants who assist in the investigation or prosecution of specified crimes from deportation. The U visa is an important crime-fighting tool. As a North Carolina police captain told us: “If people are not willing to come to us, crimes will continue to go unfettered.”

https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/14/us-cracks-down-visas-immigrant-heroes

[skeeter]

Well there's a fair, impartial headline if I've ever seen one.

[GtHawk]

Mendoza, who had been brought to the US at age four and was undocumented,

Well there's your problem right there! If Mendoza is undocumented, how did she open a business when she can't even legally work in America? And do I have to point out that if she hadn't illegally opened a business, she would never have been there for the robber to stick his gun in her belly. You might even say that she is responsible for the robbers illegal activity by her illegal activity.