They know the horror story of their uncle or their brother who committed the most ticky-tack of offenses, got incarcerated as a result and is now being deported. But within the states, not everyone agrees that Secure Communities should end. The issue has been especially controversial in Massachusetts, with Sen.
Scott Brown [R] recently writing Gov. Patrick a letter urging him to support and participate in the program. Patrick has also come under fire for several recent incidents, including a car crash in which an illegal immigrant with a criminal record drove drunk and killed a motorcyclist. Several local Massachusetts sheriffs increased cooperation with DHS following the incident. In early October, Cook County, Illinois released more than 40 illegal immigrants being held in their jails.
In September, Cook County approved an ordinance that would not require county jails to hold illegal immigrants who have been convicted of misdemeanors or felonies. While the controversy continues in Illinois, Massachusetts and New York, a fourth governor is feeling the pressure.
Members of Congress from California have pressed Gov. Jerry Brown [D] to also declare his opposition to the program ; thus far he has not done so. But despite the reservations of three Obama allies, his administration is doubling down on Secure Communities. Journalistic Standards. By submitting comments here, you are consenting to these rules:. Deval Patrick — will be implemented statewide beginning May Under Secure Communities, once a person is arrested, local police can take their fingerprints and send them to an immigration database maintained by the Department of Homeland Security.
Standard procedure until now has only included running fingerprints through an FBI database. At a press conference Thursday, activists and community members said that the program will increase racial profiling, destroy trust between immigrant communities and the police, and lead to the erosion of civil liberties. Patricia Montes, executive director of Centro Presente, a statewide advocacy organization, said that her organization is demanding an executive order from the governor against the implementation of Secure Communities.
Montes said that her organization will start tracking cases of undocumented people who get deported under the program and do not have a criminal record. The agency plans to spread the program nationwide by It is currently in place in 1, of 3, counties nationwide, including all of those in states along the Mexican border. Do you have information you want to share with HuffPost? Main Menu U. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes.
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