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Perspective

Oct. 21, 2010

Deportation Threatens Justice

Deporting people who commit acts of domestic violence creates a worse situation for victims. By Erin Tinoco of the Anaheim Family Justice Center.

By Erin Tinoco

This might sound like a radical assertion to make, but I'm just going to go ahead and make it. I am a misdemeanor domestic violence prosecutor, and I think that misdemeanor domestic violence should not be a deportable offense. While today's sound-bite society might deem such an opinion fit only to belong to one who is "soft" on domestic violence, I want to boldly assert that it should nevertheless be the position of anyone...

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