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Deportation risks without criminal conviction

2:54:12

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Council Member Cabán and panelists discuss the potential for deportation without criminal conviction, particularly for sex workers and unlicensed vendors. They emphasize that certain activities can be grounds for deportation even without a criminal record.

Sex work history can be grounds for deportation without a criminal conviction
Unlicensed vending may be considered a crime of moral turpitude, affecting immigration status
Police leverage information for various purposes beyond criminal prosecution, including forcing cooperation

Tiffany Cabán

2:54:12

And it's also true that a person is deportable without being convicted a crime.

2:54:19

So for example, if somebody is a sex worker or has had a history of sex work, that is an automatic deportable offense activity even without a criminal conviction.

2:54:30

Right?

2:54:31

It can be.

2:54:32

It can be.

2:54:32

And the same for other activities related to unlicensed vending or something like that because it's considered a crime of moral turpitude.

2:54:42

Right?

Cynthia Conti-Cook

2:54:42

That's right.

2:54:43

So there's a great deal of potential punitive outcomes that could result from this policing even if it is not criminal.

Tiffany Cabán

2:54:50

Right.

2:54:50

Thank you.

2:54:50

I just want to make that distinction because they could spend a lot of time talking about, oh, we don't do it.

2:54:53

It's not for criminal.

2:54:54

Civil versus this.

Cynthia Conti-Cook

2:54:56

That's right.

2:54:57

And may I add one other thing, that even when it's not for the purposes of an actual punitive result like a deportation or prosecution, it is also often leveraged to force people to be witnesses against each other, to force people to do whatever it is that they want, and it creates an incredible amount of leverage within the policing apparatus for many different types of purposes beyond criminal prosecution in particular.

Tiffany Cabán

2:55:24

Thank you.

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