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New ‘Secure Communities’ agreement
Queens Courier - 1/5/11 Three days before leaving office, Governor David A. Paterson signed a new Secure Communities agreement. “This new agreement balances the homeland security and civil liberties issues that have surrounded the Secure Communities initiative,” Paterson said. Portrait of an Immigrant Detainee as a Young Man Village Voice - 1/5/11 Meet New York bike-scene fixture Pablo Airaldi. He made friends with everyone—except ICE officials. On the Way Out, a Governor Takes a Controversial Step New York Times - 1/4/11 A week before leaving office, Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. announced Tuesday that Colorado would participate in a federal background check program devised to catch illegal immigrants who have committed crimes. The announcement comes after months of debate in Colorado over the program — known as Secure Communities — which allows local law enforcement officials to check the immigration history of those they arrest in a government database. Ritter announces immigration fingerprint program Associated Press - 1/4/11 Gov. Bill Ritter on Tuesday approved the use of a divisive federal program that identifies illegal immigrants through the fingerprints of every person booked into jail, angering dozens of groups and lawmakers who argue it will lead to unjust deportations and racial profiling. Ritter made the announcement with little fanfare, sending word of his decision by e-mail after several months of deliberation. Immigration Enforcement Working, Numbers Show NPR – 1/4/11 This year promises to be another contentious one for U.S. immigration politics. The new Republican leadership in the House of Representatives has indicated it will take an even harder line against illegal immigration. Outgoing Gov. David Paterson tweaks state law on fingerprints for immigrants Daily News - 12/31/10 In his next to last day in office, Gov. Paterson made changes to the state's plan to join a controversial program that sends fingerprints of anyone arrested to immigraiton officials. New Secure Communities Agreement in NY Does Little to Address Immigrant Concerns Huffington Post - 12/31/10 With his civil rights legacy in jeopardy, New York Gov. David Paterson has released a new Secure Communities Memorandum of Agreement - MOA Rally against the Secure Communities program
Queens Courier - 12/22/10 More than 70 people rallied outside Governor David Paterson’s Manhattan office carrying posters urging him to change his mind about a program that could lead to the deportation of thousands of New Yorkers. U.S. program to deport criminal illegal immigrants has deported high percentages of noncriminals in some areas Washington Post - 12/20/10 Despite vows by the Obama administration to focus its immigration enforcement efforts on criminals, a quarter of those who have been deported through a program called Secure Communities had not been convicted of committing any crime, government statistics show. And that percentage was vastly higher in some jurisdictions, including Prince George's County, where two-thirds of the 86 undocumented immigrants were not criminals. U.S. program to deport criminal illegal immigrants has deported high percentages of noncriminals in some areas Washington Post - 12/20/10 Despite vows by the Obama administration to focus its immigration enforcement efforts on criminals, a quarter of those who have been deported through a program called Secure Communities had not been convicted of committing any crime, government statistics show. Squash S-Comm in NY
El Diario - editorial 12/13/10 Governor David Paterson is known for speaking out against unjust policies. Yet the controversial immigration enforcement program he roped New York into flies against that record. Benefits of ICE program questioned Washington Post – 12/09/10 Ask Sheriff Stan G. Barry - D about Secure Communities, an initiative to identify illegal immigrants with criminal records, and he will say it is successful. Others, however, say the program's success is misleading and comes at a high price |
