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| Partnership raises profiling fears |
| By Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| Published: 10/14/2008 |
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NEVADA - Civil rights leaders worry that a new agreement between immigration officials and Las Vegas police could lead to racial profiling and make people afraid to report crimes. Such agreements inspire fear in immigrant communities, said Maggie McLetchie, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. "Whatever the actual scope is, the public perception is going to be that Metro equals ICE," she said. "Even people who are not wrongdoers, even victims of crime are going to be deterred from cooperating with police." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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