Secure Communities Program goes Statewide in Texas

It was announced today that the federal program, Secure Communities, which automatically checks the immigration status of arrested individuals upon fingerprinting, is being implemented statewide in Texas. While many local jails have used the Secure Communities program for years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported that the program is now active in all 254 counties in Texas. ICE report that the use of this program has resulted in more than 41,000 deportations of illegal immigrants nationwide.

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