Report from Black Alliance for Just Immigration reveals 2013 deportation rates for criminal grounds was 76% compared with 45% overallIt is widely recognized that African Americans in the US are more likely to be arrested,convicted and imprisoned. A recent report finds this pattern of criminalization has had a spillover effect for black immigrants.
People from Africa and the Caribbean are twice as likely to face deportation due to a criminal conviction compared with those from other regions, and more than three times as likely to be detained while their cases are pending, and according to the Black Alliance for Just Immigration. Related: Privilege,policing and living while black in Chicago's white north side Related: Wage gap between white and black Americans is worse nowadays than in 1979 Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com