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Travis County Groups Deliver Letter Opposing Controversial Immigration Enforcement Program (Grassroots Leadership)
Travis County Groups Deliver Letter Opposing Controversial Immigration Enforcement Program Coalition Calls for Halt to Secure Communities Program at Dallas Task Force Hearings Austin, Texas [...]
Secure Communities Agreements Canceled, Participation Still Required
Activists are outraged over a Friday announcement from the Department of Homeland Security that it will cancel its arrangements with states over the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, arguing that requiring states to participate without individual deals could violate the Constitution.
Menino threatens to quit plan targeting crime by immigrants (Boston Globe)
In an abrupt turnaround, Mayor Thomas M. Menino has said he will withdraw Boston police from the federal Secure Communities program unless US federal immigration officials limit their deportation efforts to only those immigrants who have committed serious crimes.
FBI intends to trawl controversial ICE program
The FBI plans to play a big role in a controversial immigration program that sifts through local police records to root out illegal immigrants, according to government documents obtained by opponents of the program.
Driving While Immigrant (The Nation)
On June 17, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a slate of reforms to its Secure Communities program that director John Morton said are about prioritizing its limited resources and “making sure we focus on those people it makes the most sense to remove.” In reality they amount to a political attempt to salvage Obama’s flagship immigration program, which despite a multi-million dollar mandate to target “dangerous criminal aliens,” has been undermined by ICE’s own data, which shows the majority of those it deports have no criminal record, or were charged with minor offenses like traffic tickets.
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May 14, 2012
Federal and State Elected Officials Join Immigrants and Advocates in Protesting Activation of Mass Deportation Program in New York (Press Release)
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