Bait and Switch: Secure Communities Agreements Voided, Feds to Use Fingerprints Provided by state and Local Police
The Huffington Post reports that “Activists are outraged over a Friday announcement from the Department of Homeland Security that it will move ahead with its controversial Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, even if states do not agree to participate.” See, for example:
State Legislators for Progerssive Immigration Policy
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
ICE has terminated the memoranda of agreements with state and local law enforcement and stated that it does not need state and local consent to use fingerprint data submitted to the federal government. Any first year law student would ask the obvious: Then why were the agreements secured in the first place if consent was not needed? In a diplomatic tone, the L.A. Times referred to the change as “an unusual move.”
KJ