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Renewed Pitch for Immigration Program (Chicago Cooperative)
“The reforms amount to a memo, a training and a study,” Hoyt said. “That’s the triple crown of bureaucratic side-stepping. It’s too late at this point for pretty words and nice memos. They’re desperately trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. They were fired for their incompetence in Illinois, but his position is that they want to continue the program.”
States Resisting Program Central to Obama’s Immigration Strategy (NYT)
A program that is central to President Obama’s strategy to toughen enforcement of immigration laws is facing growing resistance from state governments and police officials across the country.
State Pulls Out of Controversial Immigration Program
Governor Pat Quinn is ending Illinois’s participation in a controversial federal immigration program meant to deport immigrants guilty of serious crimes, which has resulted in the detention of mostly immigrants convicted of no crimes or minor offenses.
Documents Reveal Pressure to Comply With Program to Deport Immigrants (NYT)
Federal immigration officials, frustrated by the refusal of Chicago and Cook County to join a controversial program aimed at deporting immigrants with criminal records, pressed Mayor Richard M. Daley and Sheriff Tom Dart in an aggressive campaign to obtain participation from reluctant police authorities, according to internal documents.
Chronology: Secure Communities and Cook County
The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights has created an excellent animated chronology on their website that you can view by clicking here. Below is the timeline in a static format.
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