Jul 12, 2011
What on earth could Boston Mayor Tom Menino be thinking? Is there no special interest group he won't cave in to, no group of so-called advocates he won't pander to? Even at the risk of the rest of the city's inhabitants?
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Jul 8, 2011
The FBI plays a role in a controversial, nationwide immigration-control program known as Secure Communities through which a Department of Homeland Security agency identifies foreign nationals booked at local jails, according to immigrant-rights activists who obtained internal documents from the Obama administration.
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Privacy advocates are growing increasingly worried that a system meant to identify illegal immigrants will morph into a Big Brother-style high-tech ID database of all Americans. This "is part of a historical pattern in our country: We erode the civil and privacy rights of the most disadvantaged thinking there...
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According to Mahwish Khan at America's Voice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is playing a major role and is the reason states are being forced to comply with DHS' greatly flawed Secure Communities program. Khan says that, "it's all part of a much larger scheme, with even...
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If you're an immigration news fiend like most of us are over at America's Voice, then you might have wondered at some point why DHS won't let States that are concerned with the Secure Communities program opt out of participating. Or, like Rep. Zoe Lofgren, wonder why DHS...
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Responding to growing criticism from law enforcement and elected officials across the country, who say DHS' Secure Communities program is hurting the relationship between local police and the community that is essential to fighting crime, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton announced minor changes last month. Morton...
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Recently announced tweaks to a key immigration enforcement program should make the effort more true to its intended purpose and reassure critics. Secure Communities has been battered by those who say it deports some illegal immigrants who have no criminal background or only minor offenses on their records.
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Last week the Obama administration announced a series of much-needed changes to the controversial Secure Communities program, under which state and local police are required to turn over the fingerprints of everyone they arrest to federal officials, who check for past criminal records and prior deportation orders.
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Arizona may have opened the door for states looking to plunge into the enforcement of federal immigration policy but political analysts throughout the country say Texas will set the bar. Texas lawmakers this week will vote on legislation that allows local law enforcement to question the immigration status of...
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The Department of Homeland Security announced reforms to a key immigration enforcement program Friday, responding to criticism from state governments and advocacy groups. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) had called for reforms to the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program earlier Friday.
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