Sheriff Curran:Let law enforcement do its job, good letter

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Not all law enforcement agrees its their responsibility to uphold cryptic and bureaucratic immigration law. In fact some see it as a distraction from fighting real crimes. Others see it as a good publicity stunt. Sure rules of law and all but police can use discretion and judgment when dealing with a perpetrator to get the real bad ones and let the small fish go.

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“A lot of the guys I work with did nothing but the most complex cases — taking down multigenerational crime families, international crime, drug trafficking syndicates — you know, big fish,” said the prosecutor, who did not want to be identified as criticizing the department he works for. “Now these folks are dealing with these improper entry and illegal reentry cases.” He added, “It’s demoralizing for them, and us.”