By Curtis Prendergast
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Below is information on Operation Streamline, a program run through various agencies under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security that prosecutes detained immigrants as criminals.
A cow grazes in the desert southwest of Tucson, Ariz. where many illegal immigrants are caught trying to enter the United States. Photo by Curtis Prendergast.
Operation Streamline in the News
NPR: Border Patrol Program Raises Due Process Concerns
NPR: Claims of Border Program Success Are Unproven
NPR: Border Convictions: High Stakes, Unknown Price
Phoenix New Times: Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn’t Work
Arizona Republic: Border crossers now risk jail
Arizona Republic: Courts unable to keep up with border arrests
New York Times: Immigration Enforcement Fuels Rise in U.S. Cases
Los Angeles Times: Operation Streamline: Border Enforcement that doesn’t work
Washington Post: Immigration Prosecutions Hit New High
Other Information on Operation Streamline
OperationStreamlineFactsheet from the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Forum
U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Press Release for Operation Streamline, 2005
U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Press Release for Operation Streamline, 2007
U.S. Customs and Border Protection: End of ‘Catch and Release’ on border, 2006
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies: Presentation on Operation Streamline, May 18, 2010
University of California, Berkeley Law School: Operation Streamline Policy Brief, January 2010
Posted on October 25, 2010 by cachocurt
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