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287(g) program won't work in Suffern • June 10, 2008 Journal
news There is no question
that those who commit crimes should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. But targeting undocumented immigrants as
criminals wades into dangerous territory. ("Suffern immigration enforcement plan gets support in new Web site,"
Friday.) Rounding up the people who clean Suffern's offices and homes, take care of the sick and elderly, and do a host
of other jobs important to our economy is not the solution to the our nation's immigration problem. Divisive enforcement-only
measures, like the federal 287(g) program, misuse taxpayer dollars and spread fear in our communities. They also scare immigrants,
making them less likely to report real crimes. These measures haven't worked in other places, and they won't work
in Suffern.Shirley Aldebol New Rochelle The
writer is Local 32BJ Hudson Valley director of the Service Employees International Union.
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