District attorney encourages immigrants, refugees to report crime, says legal status won't be reported [Breaking]
There’s a new outreach effort under way in the region’s immigrant and refugee communities to encourage people to report crimes, and authorities say those who come forward will not face retribution because of their immigration status, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced last week.
Catholic Charities is among the organizations distributing the cards. There are also new videos in English and Spanish featuring District Attorney Summer Stephan and Cardinal Robert McElroy, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego.About 21.5 percent of the county’s population are immigrants, including refugees, according to the District Attorney’s Office, which cited data from the county’s Health and Human Services Administration.
“We will not ask their immigration status, which is the law in California, and we have services that can help them,” she said. Lucero Chavez Basilio, director of the county’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, said his agency will distribute the new cards to nonprofits and immigrant aid groups to give out so people know they have access to resources “without fear of repercussions or unintended consequences and regardless of immigration status.”
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