Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn said federal officials at Rikers Island had misused a program that was meant to detain only dangerous immigrants.
Riker's Island is a jail here in NYC that typically houses low level felony offenders and misdemeanor offenders. Not a maximum security site. Look, if someone is here illegally and committing crimes, my initial reaction is deportation should occur. Get rid of the bastards. But then after watching "World's Most Dangerous Gang" on MS-13 where deportation of gang members led to the spread internationally of a violent gang, and the increased use of extreme violent tactics by gang members in the US, my sentiment on deportation has changed a little bit. Exporting the problem isn't the solution, necessarily.
But back to Rikers. Bottom line for me is-- let's focus on the high-level or repeat offenders, and let's not worry about the immigration status of defendants whose case is dropped or who have a first time offense. Is that what this bill will do? it sounds like it, so I vote yes. But i'm open to having my mind changed.
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