The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office  is committed to ensuring the protections of due process and equal protection embodied in our Constitution apply to every person, regardless of immigration status.

Given the Office’s commitment to the ideals set forth above, the Office will ensure all community members, including non-citizens — regardless of their immigration status — are treated fairly and equally, and that, when possible, no one is unjustly impacted by the criminal legal system.

To that end:

  • The Office will investigate and prosecute individuals or businesses that target and exploit immigrants through fraud, wage theft, or otherwise.
  • The Office encourages both documented and undocumented immigrant victims and witnesses to cooperate with law enforcement.
  • The Office will not let the immigration status of cooperating witnesses/victims prevent their participation in the criminal justice process.
  • The Office, when asked and where appropriate, will provide cooperating witnesses/victims with assistance in obtaining U-Visas.
  • The Office will work with defense attorneys, when asked and where appropriate, to find immigration-neutral outcomes for noncitizen defendants, including offering programs that expand alternatives to convictions and incarceration.
  • The Office will work with defense attorneys, when possible, to erase the unintended immigration consequences of old convictions.