Spotlight: Prosecuting Lifesavers Exposes Deep Problems with Laws and their Enforcement
“Warren is pointing out that unjust laws are only half the problem. Unjust laws on the books are nothing new. For them to do the most harm, they must be enforced as such. Warren notes that smuggling and harboring laws ‘have always been applied selectively: with aggressive prosecutions of ‘criminal’ networks but leniency for big agriculture and other politically powerful industries that employ scores of undocumented laborers’.“
The Appeal
June 11, 2019