Steve Descano faces DOJ civil rights investigation

5 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 6

The probe targets Fairfax County’s prosecutor and centres on a 2020 policy directing staff to consider deportation and other immigration consequences in charging and plea decisions.
Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon said investigators will examine possible violations of Title VI and the Safe Streets Act, which bar federally funded agencies from discrimination based on race, colour or national origin.
Descano, a progressive prosecutor in Virginia’s most populous county, has already faced Republican and congressional criticism over perceived leniency toward immigrants; his office did not immediately comment.

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