Monday, July 22, 2024

Drug-based deportations up, even when the drug is no longer illegal

You can click to the actual report from the linked webpage.
A new joint report from Human Rights Watch and the Drug Policy Alliance shows thousands of people are being deported every year for drug offenses that in many cases no longer exist under state laws, harming and separating immigrant families.

Punitive federal immigration laws separate families, destabilize communities, and terrorize noncitizens, all while overdose deaths have risen and drugs have become more potent and available. - Drug Policy Alliance

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