NEW Report: exposing the full cost of Trumps anti-immigration agenda to Miami-Dade taxpayers.

[riversedge]

Catalyst Miami
‏ @CatalystMiami

This is a must-read.

@cjpmiami released a report with @FLImmigrant and @WeCount_Fl , exposing the full cost of Trump’s anti-immigration agenda to Miami-Dade taxpayers.

http://bit.ly/2ESjrEo

the cost of complicity: a fiscal impact analysis of immigration detainers in miami-dade county

Community Justice Project, Florida Immigrant Coalition and WeCount!
February 2018
Cover.jpg

Days after Donald Trump was sworn into office, Miami-Dade County became the first to capitulate to his anti-immigrant agenda. By agreeing to honor immigration detainers, Miami-Dade turned their local jails into the first stop in a deportation pipeline. As a result, families are being torn apart and local taxpayers are footing the bill. The County received over 966 immigration detainer requests in the eleven month period following the decision. The Gimenez-Trump policy has swelled local jails by adding an additional 56 days in local custody to the average individual with a detainer. 98% of individuals with detainers released to ICE had never had a previous offense. It disproportionately impacts Black immigrants, who make up 22% of those still in detention.

The Gimenez-Trump policy has cost taxpayers approximately $12.5 million dollars in additional jailing costs between Jan. 27 and Dec. 28, 2017. Extrapolated over a year, assisting ICE could end up costing the county over $13.6 million annually. It has struck fear in immigrant communities, and brought national shame on Miami-Dade County. With the courts blocking Trump's efforts to withhold federal funds, even the flimsy justifications offered by the Mayor are gone. It's time to become a welcoming city once again.

Download the full report to learn more.
download the report
jnxwjt2.jpg
welogo.png
CJP Symbol.png

Link to tweet

http://communityjusticeproject.com/detainers?utm_content=buffer37220&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Angry Dragon]

1. KICK

[Shrike47]

2. Many people will not give a damn about human suffering but might react to $13 million.