Trump’s Drug Prosecution Shift: Deportations Rise, Cases Fall, and Concerns Mount
Federal drug prosecutions falling to their lowest level in decades is a headline that certainly raises eyebrows. It’s almost a head-scratcher, isn’t it? You’d think, based on certain rhetoric, that cracking down on drug crime would be a top priority. The very words evoke images of aggressive enforcement, of going after the “bad guys.” Yet, the numbers tell a different story. It seems that the focus, or at least the allocation of resources, has shifted, and the implications of that shift are quite profound.
The fact that other types of prosecutions seem to be falling too, including those related to serious offenses like child sex trafficking, is a particularly worrying aspect of this shift.… Continue reading
Matt Underwood