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‘Voluntary’ fingerprint program devolves into mandatory
A voluntary program to run all criminal suspects’ fingerprints through an immigration database was only voluntary until cities refused to participate, recently released documents show.
Confusion Helped Spread of Secure Communities, Even As Resistance Remains Strong (DepNation)
Newly released records reveal how federal authorities kept altering their stance on whether local police are required to share arrest data with immigration agents, even if they ask not to.
Records show ICE backtracking on immigration program (SF Examiner)
No sanctuary: ICE e-mails show officials struggled to control public perception of their Secure Communities program, which San Francisco and Santa Clara County tried to opt out of.
Taking a Hard Line: Immigrants and Crime (New York Times)
After months of internal wrangling and confusion over an ambitious nationwide program allowing the state and local police to identify immigrants with a criminal record, Obama administration immigration officials have decided to take a hard line against communities that try to delay or cancel their participation in the program, according to documents made public late Wednesday.
Immigration authorities at odds on local participation in enforcement program (WaPo)
Even as federal immigration officials were telling Arlington County, San Francisco and other jurisdictions that they could not opt out of a controversial immigration enforcement program, they were telling other municipalities that they could, according to internal Department of Homeland Security documents.
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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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Apr 6, 2012
DHS Inspector General Report Provides Further Proof ICE Cannot Reform Itself (PR)
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