Colorado to use Secure Communities Program

Earlier this week 9News in Denver reported that Colorado Governor, Bill Ritter, signed a memorandum of understanding with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to begin using the program Secure Communities. Secure Communities allows local law enforcement agencies to run the fingerprints of alleged criminals through state and federal websites to check their immigration status.

Congress set aside $1.4 billion to expand Secure Communities and ICE hopes to have it operating in every jail in the country by 2013. Thirty-five other states are currently participating in the program, as well.

To read the full story, please visit http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=173517&catid=222

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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.

To read the complete article, please visit http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7223407.html

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