"Obama administration officials have announced that a contentious fingerprinting program to identify [unauthorized] immigrants will be extended across Massachusetts and New York next week, expanding federal enforcement efforts despite opposition from...
"We did not find evidence that ICE intentionally misled the public or States and local jurisdictions during implementation of Secure Communities. However, ICE did not clearly communicate to stakeholders the intent of Secure Communities and their expected participation...
Front page, above the fold, Sunday, Mar. 18, 2012, Austin American-Statesman : "Dave Harmon, who has reported on border issues since the 1990s, and database editor Christian McDonald spent two months combing through three years of Travis County Jail booking...
"An immigration law clinic at Yale Law School has filed a federal class action lawsuit challenging the use of detainers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and asked Wednesday that the suit be expedited now that ICE is rolling out Secure Communities...
"A fiscal year 2013 budget brief released by Homeland Security today has some details on the Obama administration’s immigration enforcement priorities, and one of the losers is the federal-local partnership known as 287(g) . The administration is proposing...
Immigrant Rights Clinic, University of California, Irvine School of Law, January 2012 : "This white paper analyzes the contrast between the federal government’s representation of Secure Communities and the reality of the program’s implementation in Los Angeles...
"In a 9-page memo dated Oct. 2, 2010 , and released recently, a legal advisor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said at that time that "choices available to law enforcement agencies who have thus far decided to decline or limit their...
"Four U.S. citizens were erroneously arrested in Southern California recently through the federal immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday." - Associated Press, Dec. 16, 2011 .
"This paper describes the Secure Communities program, identifies concerns about the program’s design and implementation, and makes recommendations for the future of the program." - IPC, Nov. 30, 2011 .
On November 30, 2011 the House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement [held] a hearing, "Is Secure Communities Keeping Our Communities Secure?" AILA Testimonies AILA Testimony to Immigration Subcommittee for SC...
"Secure Communities is a federal immigration initiative designed to find and deport dangerous criminals. In reality, the program ensnares many immigrants with no criminal charge or conviction." - Chicago Reporter, Nov. 1, 2011 .
"[U]ntil a more effective, and lawful, system is realized, city leaders should not comply with this flawed program that diverts resources from local law enforcement, compromises local officers’ ability to maintain the trust of their communities and splinters...
"Cooperating with the federal government’s immigration enforcement agenda may be mandatory for local law enforcement, but localities are finding ways around the federal government’s programs. Last week northern California’s Santa Clara County became the latest...
"A federal judge has ordered the release of a document expected to show why the U.S. government ended up mandating a program for identifying deportable immigrants after they’ve been detained. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered the government...
October 25, 2011, New York : "Last night, Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to publicly disclose by November 1 a previously withheld internal memorandum that advocates believe will shed light on the...