Utah law enforcement officials are assessing how the incoming Trump administration’s deportation agenda will impact the safety of their communities, reports Deseret News. The new agenda calls for local law enforcement to help identify migrants who could be in the country illegally, “starting with those who committed crimes after entering the United States.” As CPE consultant Chris Burbank points out, such an agenda would lead to racial profiling and even require racially motivated policing actions. An excerpt from the article:
“Not only are you going to impact people who might be undocumented, you’re going to absolutely impact people who look, dress, sound, speak, worship, in the same way that you would profile an individual,” said Burbank, who works as an adviser to the Center for Policing Equity, which he helped found.
During his nine years as police chief, Burbank gained a national profile for speaking out against a state bill that would require police to question the citizenship status of individuals and would allow the cross-deputization of city officers to enforce federal immigration law.
The full article can be found at MSN.com.