Manhattan, NY – The Manhattan district attorney's office will create a council to field complaints from immigrants who are victimized by crime but decline to report it because of worries over their immigration status, the Manhattan district attorney, Robert Morgenthau, said today.
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"This is a city of immigrants," Mr. Morgenthau said. "Our view is that every person coming to New York is entitled to the full protection of the law, and that's what we're going to work on."
The advisory council, which will be based in the district attorney's special prosecutions bureau and include elected officials and community leaders, will investigate crime that targets immigrants, like fraud.
Mr. Morgenthau said many immigrants who are victimized are afraid to come forward for fear of retaliation, while illegal immigrants carry the added fear that they could be reported to the federal government.
Investigators will not report anyone they work with to the federal government, whether or not their status is legal, they said. [nusun]
one sec, if they are not here legaly isn’t that a crime and they should be punished for it just as any other crime?
Investigators will not report anyone they work with to the federal government, whether or not their status is legal, they said. [nusun]
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YEH Right!