Philly Mayor Wants to Block Immigration Officials Full Access to Arrest Records
The mayor of Philadelphia is seeking to rally other city leaders behind blocking federal immigration authorities from accessing city arrest records over concerns about the city’s agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
The agreement to participate in ICE’s Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System, or PARS, will expire at the end of August unless the city renews it. Mayor Michael Nutter said he opposes the city’s PARS program because the computerized record system automatically releases information about victims and witnesses of crimes along with those arrested on criminal offenses.
Nutter says the program discourages illegal immigrants from reporting crimes out of fear that they will be deported – a notion ICE disputes, saying it is only looking to deport violent criminals.
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