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DHS: Prioritizing Enforcement and Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion
August 24, 2011 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Today, the American Immigration Council hosted a briefing to discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) announcement last week that it would issue agency-wide guidance to make certain that prosecutorial discretion is exercised in a manner that ensures the agency's enforcement resources are used to remove those who pose the greatest risk to public safety. continue reading »
David Vitter Is “Intimate” With Prosecutorial Discretion, but Wants to HALT Obama’s Use of it
July 23, 2011 | by Americas Voice Online | Latino Daily News
You can’t make this stuff up. The Senate sponsor of the legislation that would strip President Obama of prosecutorial discretion to stop unnecessary deportation (the HALT Act) is none other than the Senator with the most direct and personal knowledge of discretion: David Vitter. Put simply, “Prosecutorial discretion” is the authority of an agency or officer charged with enforcing a law to decide whether to enforce the law in a particular case. continue reading »
Faces of the DREAM Act UPDATE: Judge Grants NC Student Reprieve, Putting Deportation on Hold
July 21, 2011 | by Fox News Latino | Latino Daily News
A North Carolina judge has granted Erick Velazquillo, 22, a 45-day reprieve to allow for a request for “prosecutorial discretion” to be considered by Immigration and Customs officials. continue reading »
