In an article in today's Arizona Repugnant, it reports that "experts" are calling Sheriff Joe's 287g program a failure. It distorts Joe's efforts with the customary rhetoric that he goes after "traffic violators and day laborers." They do get caught up in the sweeps, they are illegal after all, but so do many other criminal aliens with assorted warrants for other more serious crimes. It's all good. In the article they describe the study as being done by,
a non-profit nonpartisan research group
A simple google search reveals that Justice Strategies is run by
Judith Greene
is a criminal justice policy analyst whose essays and articles on criminal sentencing issues, police practices, and correctional policy have been published in numerous books, as well as in national and international policy journals. She has received a Soros Senior Justice Fellowship from the Open Society Institute, served as a research associate for the RAND Corporation, as a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota Law School, and as director of the State-Centered Program for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. From 1985 to 1993 she was Director of Court Programs at the Vera Institute of Justice.
Kevin Pranis
is a criminal justice policy analyst and campaign strategist. A past Soros Justice Fellow, Mr. Pranis has produced educational materials, training manuals, reports and white papers on topics that include corporate accountability, municipal bond finance, political education, prison privatization, and sentencing policy. Mr. Pranis' work has been covered in numerous publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Yet another George Soros sponsored front company designed to undermine America. Non-partisan, my ass!
I read this rubbish so you don't have to, but if you insist here is the article, by famed open border apologist, and soon to be unemployed Daniel Gonzalez.
Thursday, February 26, 2009