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NYC DAs shielding illegal-immigrant thugs only puts innocent lives at risk

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A new report by the House Judiciary Committee claims that district attorneys in New York City are downgrading charges for illegal-immigrant criminals to prevent deportation, potentially endangering public safety. The report states that DAs in all five boroughs instruct staff to alter prosecutions to avoid immigration consequences, with specific examples from Bronx DA Darcel Clark and Queens DA Melinda Katz. This practice is criticized as undermining justice by allowing dangerous individuals to remain free and commit further crimes, exemplified by the 2020 murder of Maria Fuertes by a previously detained illegal immigrant. The article argues that this approach violates DAs' duty to protect public safety and calls for their removal from office.

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As of October 29, 2026, a House Judiciary Committee report claims that District Attorneys in New York City are downgrading charges against noncitizens to protect them from deportation. The report details how DAs across all five boroughs instruct staff to pursue "immigration-conscious" prosecutions, reducing charges to avoid making defendants eligible for removal. For instance, Queens DA Melinda Katz has told her prosecutors not to focus on the misdemeanor vs. felony labels when dealing with illegal-immigrant defendants and uses an “immigration specialist” to frame dispositions that prevent deportation consequences. During a Manhattan press conference, when questioned about the report, Katz was surprised and unable to directly address specific allegations, while her office later stated they charge any defendant with an illegal firearm with the highest possible charge under the law. The Bronx DA, Darcel Clark, also instructs staff to pursue alternative charges for illegal-immigrant defendants to avoid deportation eligibility. Staten Island DA Michael McMahon has set up an Immigrant Affairs and Collateral Consequences Unit that instructs Assistant District Attorneys to hide key details of serious offenses. This practice is criticized as undermining public safety, with examples such as the 2020 murder of Maria Fuertes, 92, by Guyanese migrant Reeaz Khan, who was released despite a federal detainer after previous arrests.

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Think a prosecutor’s top job is to lock up criminals? asserted

job → think → criminals

In New York City, district attorneys think it’s to make sure illegal-immigrant criminals don’t get deported. asserted

criminals → think → City

No joke: A new report from the House Judiciary Committee warns that Gotham DAs are downgrading charges for illegal-immigrant criminals in order to help them avoid deportation. asserted

them → warn → deportation

It’s utter madness. asserted

It → ’ → ?

DAs in every borough, the report explains, instruct staff to undertake some form of “immigration-conscious” prosecutions, reducing charges to “non-deportable” offenses or effectively scrapping them altogether. asserted

report → explain → them

In The Bronx, DA Darcel Clark tells staff to “pursue alternative charges” to avoid making perps eligible to be removed. asserted

perps → tell → charges

Queens DA Melinda Katz has told her prosecutors “not to get caught up” in the misdemeanor vs. felony labels, when it comes to illegal-immigrant defendants. asserted

it → tell → defendants

She’s also used an “immigration specialist” to help frame “dispositions that will prevent unwanted immigration consequences.” asserted

that → use → consequences

Even Staten Island DA Michael McMahon has an Immigrant Affairs and Collateral Consequences Unit. asserted

McMahon → have → Unit

These rules actually instruct ADAs to hide key details of serious offenses — like domestic abuse or firearm use — to shield the thugs. asserted

rules → instruct → thugs

In all, it not only keeps foreign criminals in America, it guarantees they’ll walk free to commit new crimes. asserted

they → keep → crimes

More, it privileges them: Perps here illegally face lesser charges than one are who are US citizens, or legal immigrants. asserted

who → privilege → charges

In fact, this madness has already produced horrible injustices, such as the 2020 murder of Maria Fuertes, 92, by Guyanese migrant Reeaz Khan, whom the city freed despite a federal detainer issued after his earlier busts. asserted

city → produce → busts

“Unfortunately, my grandmother had to be example of why something like this, [these] horrific crimes should never happen,” Fuertes’ granddaughter fumed back then. asserted

granddaughter → have → this

The combination of DAs going easy on perps plus the state’s sanctuary laws leave too many Reeaz Khans free to wage mayhem on innocents . asserted

Khans → go → innocents

Scheming to thwart federal law is one thing, but it’s unconscionable that DAs sworn to protect the public are instead putting New Yorkers’ lives at risk to do so. asserted

DAs → scheme → risk

By betraying their core duty, they lose any right to remain in office. asserted

they → betray → office

NYC DAs shielding illegal-immigrant thugs only puts innocent lives at risk

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