Bill Proposes to Limit Deportation of Immigrant Inmates

Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito proposed a bill that would protect thousands of Rikers Island inmates, who illegally immigrated to the United States, from being deported.
Bill Proposes to Limit Deportation of Immigrant Inmates
Ivan Pentchoukov
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/ICE.jpg" alt="DEALING WITH DEPORTATIONS: Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito announces Wednesday a bill that would protect immigrants held at the Rikers Island correctional facilities from what she calls unjust deportations. The bill would limit the cooperation between the city's Department of Correction and the federal government's Immigration Customs Enforcement. (Ivan Pentchoukov/The Epoch Times)" title="DEALING WITH DEPORTATIONS: Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito announces Wednesday a bill that would protect immigrants held at the Rikers Island correctional facilities from what she calls unjust deportations. The bill would limit the cooperation between the city's Department of Correction and the federal government's Immigration Customs Enforcement. (Ivan Pentchoukov/The Epoch Times)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1799188"/></a>
DEALING WITH DEPORTATIONS: Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito announces Wednesday a bill that would protect immigrants held at the Rikers Island correctional facilities from what she calls unjust deportations. The bill would limit the cooperation between the city's Department of Correction and the federal government's Immigration Customs Enforcement. (Ivan Pentchoukov/The Epoch Times)
Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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