nyc. immigration. crime. cops. libruls. there is no good that can come from all of this, at least in the near term;

 Across New York, recently arrived migrants are flooding the criminal justice system – at far higher rates than public officials have acknowledged.

Police sources shared with the New York Post the staggering estimate that 75 percent of people they've arrested in Midtown Manhattan in recent months for crimes like assault, robbery and domestic violence are migrants. In parts of Queens, the figure is more than 60 percent, sources there estimate.  

The problem is made much worse by sanctuary city laws that prohibit New York cops from working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on cases in which they believe suspects are in the country illegally. Additionally, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said it is barred from tracking the immigration status of offenders. This makes it almost impossible for authorities to get their arms around the problem, experts and sources on the ground say.

"New York City eliminated a tool to get rid of violent criminals. What a mess," Jim Quinn, a veteran former prosecutor at the Queens District Attorney's Office, told the news outlet. "The sanctuary city law is pathetic. It's disgusting. It's crazy."

Making matters worse, word has gotten out in the shelters about the city's lax bail guidelines – meaning migrants know they're going to get kicked back onto the street quickly after they're nabbed.

Jefferson Maldenado, a 31-year-old Ecuadorian migrant, has been arrested five times in NYC since arriving in the U.S. earlier this year. His latest bust was for stealing a pair of pants and a beer from the Target near Herald Square. Asked why he committed the crime, the migrant thief said, "I wanted to change my clothes and think. I wanted to sit down and think about my life, about what to do. Because this is not a normal world.".......more........