Immigration Case

There are many issues that the court administrators are facing in today and many are important such as the overpopulation of jails and prisons, or how gangs affect society or even the approval of drugs to get off the street. The one topic that stays off of many mouths is immigration. How about those that comes to the United States to better themselves to get an education and to be able to succeed for their families and be able to live without the worriness of gangs and corruption. Well we all have family that come from all over the world and do not have the proper documentation and they go about getting them illegal from stealing someone else's identity or just being here without papers and working.

Many Mexicans that are here illegal stay out of trouble and try but at times one cannot avoid the criminal justice system and when they get into trouble the law says something differently for them. The Bojorquez (2009) website said that in Harris County, TX the District Attorney makes any defendant who is in the country illegally ineligible for probation or deferred adjudication including mandatory probation under state law. In this plan the plea papers would be redrafted for defendants to swear about their immigration status and if they do not sign the paper they are not eligible for any plea bargains on their case. This is not fair to someone that has been in the country for more than 10 years and has never been in trouble and just caught one time for first offense is not allowed to get a plea.

Many people that are here illegal in the country they do not speak English or understand it completely and they do try but when in trouble why are they not able to get an interpreter for the case or when going to court. It is part of our amendment rights to be able to have a fair, equal and the rights to cross examine a witness so without an interpreter it is hard. So laws in most states now require that an interpreter be appointed when a witness and defendants are in a criminal case ("The Increasing Importance of Language Interpretation as a Management Problem in the Courts", N.D.). A language can sometimes be misunderstood or be reworded when explaining to someone else or on a statement which that is why the interpreter must be able to translate in the court or justice system. (Trends in Cultural Diversity).

When we go to court we have rights on court proceedings and the first step is to go through the local trial of the justice courts where these are small claims and are misdemeanors if found guilty. Then if one wants to move up you will go to county level courts where they are civil action and can be from the cost of $200 to $10,000 and are higher than misdemeanors and come with