A new study by the Pew Hispanic Center reports that Latinos have now become the largest single ethnic group in the U.S. federal prison system. The rising arrest and detention rates are driven largely by changes in immigration law that criminalize undocumented immigration, as nearly half of all Latino offenders were jailed on immigration-related “crimes”.
Read the full report here.
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090225_the_age_of_crimmigration/
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