Aug 12, 2011
Draconian. Rogue. Dangerous. Flawed. These are just some of the words used to describe the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Communities program, which, if it hasn't already, will soon be coming to a community near you.
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Tuesday night, the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council's Task Force on Secure Communities held a pilot meeting at the Dallas County Community College's Bill J. Priest Campus to discuss ICE's controversial fingerprint screening program intended to snare dangerous undocumented immigrants.
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Last week, Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) created a firestorm when the agency unilaterally ended all of its Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) related to the Secure Communities (S-Comm) program. ICE announced that the program will be mandatory, and it has caused an intense backlash among immigration advocates.
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These are just some of the words used to describe the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Communities program, which, if it hasn't already, will soon be coming to a community near you.
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I was thrilled to be asked by my friend Arianna to contribute to the debut of HuffPost Latino, and I can think of no more apropos topic for a site that loves politics than the 2012 presidential election.
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As the Republican governor of Texas, Rick Perry has walked both sides of the immigration line, at one point implementing a Texas-style Dream Act that some say was the model for the national act.
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A San Francisco man and his Australian husband will be forced apart when the Australian is deported this month after the federal government denied his request to be a permanent resident.
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Imagine giving your life to protect your family and the country you love, only to be betrayed by your country which is trying its level best to split your family apart.
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Over the weekend, the Washington Post ran a feature on Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the work the agency does at Dulles Airport.
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A mother strip-searched in front of her teenage son; parents stalked by immigration officials outside of their children's elementary school; a man shoved into a wall so hard that the plaster cracks; and a pregnant woman denied medication. Troubling signs of potential police misconduct? ...
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