On Sept. 14, 2011, Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen issued a Memorandum to his office allowing for the consideration of collateral consequences of criminal convictions in plea bargaining in appropriate cases. The new policy states: It is not generally the duty of a prosecutor to mitigate the collateral consequences to a defendant of his or her crime. However, in those cases where the collateral consequences are significantly greater than the punishment for the crime itself, it is incumbent upon the prosecutor to consider and, if appropriate, take reasonable steps to mitigate those collateral consequences. The new policy of the Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office on consideration of immigration consequences in plea bargaining can be found on the AILA NorCal website under the Local Law Enforcement Liaison page. District Attorney Jeff Rosen and his staff deserve credit for adopting this new policy.