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What is Operation Streamline?
Operation Streamline, a policy begun in 2005, mandates that nearly all undocumented immigrants crossing the Southern border in certain areas be prosecuted through the federal criminal justice system, a departure from previous practices when most immigration cases were handled exclusively within the civil immigration system.
Operation Streamline has exposed undocumented border-crossers crossing to unprecedented rates of incarceration; overburdened the federal criminal justice system; and added enormous costs to the American taxpayer while providing a boon to the for-profit private prison industry.
Media on Operation Streamline
- "A 'maddening' system, from courtrooms to shelters" Tom Roberts, National Catholic Reporter, July 1, 2011
- "Border Convictions: High Stakes, Unknown Price" Ted Robbins, September 14, 2010
- "Border Patrol Program Raises Due Process Concerns" Ted Robbins, NPR, September 13, 2010
- "Claims Of Border Program Success Are Unproven" Ted Robbins, NPR, September 13, 2010
- "Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, and doesn’t work." Stephen Lemons, Village Voice, October 20, 2010
- "Operation Streamline: Border enforcement that doesn't work," Joanna Lydgate, LA Times, May 14, 2010
- "Program Prosecutes Illegal Immigrants Before Deporting Them" Lauren Gambino, Latino America, News21.com, August 2010
- "Report: Criminalizing Undocumented Boosts For-profit Prisons," Khalil Abdullah, New America Media, August 6, 2010
- "We're All Parasites.' This is Operation Streamline," Max Blumenthal, February 15, 2010
Reports on Operation Streamline
- "Arrested on Entry: Operation Streamline and the Prosecution of Immigration Crimes" Donald Kerwin and Kristen McCabe, Migration Policy Institute, April 2010
- "Assembly Line Justice: A Review of Operations Streamline" by the Warren Institute of the U.C. Berkeley School of Law, January, 2010
- "Operation Streamline and its Effects on the Courts and Law Enforcement on the Border" National Immigration Forum, May 11, 2010
- "Operation Streamline and its Effects on the Courts and Law Enforcement on the Border" National Immigration Forum, May 11, 2010
Tag Archives: John McCain
McCain and Kyle continue push for Streamline, ignore recent reports
Arizona Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl continued their push for full funding of Operation Streamline last week in what CQ Today (“Arizona Senators Slam Report on Anti-Illegal Immigration Program,” August 25), called: an angry letter to the departments of … Continue reading
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Investigative piece takes on Operation Streamline; Expanding program could add 50,000 federal prison beds
Lauren Gambino at the investigative outfit News21.com has authored a terrific piece (“Program Prosecutes Illegal Immigrants Before Deporting Them,” August 2010) on the impact of Operation Streamline on the Arizona court and prison system. The piece is worth a read … Continue reading
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Arizona leads the way in federal prosecutions; Numbers driven by immigration prosecutions
Arizona doesn’t need SB 1070, its state-level controversial immigration enforcement measure, to lead the way in criminal prosecutions for immigration violations. TRAC has released a new report on the federal criminal prosecutions of immigrants in Arizona. The results mirror the … Continue reading
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Republican Senators push Op. Streamline as Border Security bill appears to contain Streamline support funding
Despite last week’s $600 million border security bill which funds more border patrol agents and federal prisons, several Republican Senators have criticized the measure saying that it doesn’t go far enough to fund Operation Streamline, amongst other hawkish measures. While … Continue reading
