Jun 3, 2011
How in the world was the Obama administration able to round up and deport nearly 1 million people during the past two and a half years? No doubt, the people at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency are good at their jobs. But what's their secret?
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Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca is a complicated guy. One minute, he's preaching to 9/11-mongering bigots in Washington, D.C. on the importance of creating open, trustful relationships between a city's law-enforcement officers and its many diverse racial sectors (namely, the Muslim-American community, which could prove useful in providing terrorist...
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Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) suspended his state's participation in the ineffective Secure Communities deportation program, due to concerns over its impact on community policing and public safety. In his letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Gov. Cuomo said that "The heart of concern...
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that he is suspending his state's participation in the ineffective Secure Communities deportation program based on concerns over its impact on community policing and public safety.
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Wednesday that he was suspending New York's participation in a federal immigration enforcement plan that has drawn fire from immigrant advocates, civil liberties lawyers and elected officials in the state and around the country.
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Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) announced that New York will "suspend" its participation in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) controversial Secure Communities program
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California lawmakers have taken steps to opt out of a controversial federal immigration enforcement program, joining a growing number of states that say it harms public safety and undermines local law enforcement.
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The Secure Communities program has been feeling the heat lately. After Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, decided to pull out of the program, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA) called for an investigation into questionable ICE practices regarding the program (ie: that DHS lied by saying that communities could opt out...
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Yesterday, law enforcement leaders and elected officials held a telephonic press conference to share their concerns about the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Secure Communities Program.
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Adding their voices to a growing number of opponents, Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard C. Parks and Councilwoman Jan Perry have called on the city to support limiting the scope of local participation in a controversial federal deportation program.
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