For noncitizens, minor crimes like shoplifting can result in deportation. But a growing number of district attorneys say they offer immigrants accused of crimes plea deals to help them avoid that fate. The prosecutors, including at least six in jurisdictions on the East and West coasts, purposely avoid reaching plea agreements or sentences that might trigger a noncitizen’s deportation or prevent his or her re-entry into the country. It is an arrangement that proponents say protects some noncitizen immigrants from the...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 07, 2017 09:22 UTC