Posted on January 22, 2009 by Robert A. Kraft

New Program Notifies ICE of Criminal and Immigration History

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have developed a new program that enhances identification and removal of criminal aliens. The program, known as Secure Communities, is administered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and provides ICE and other local agencies immigration history information on an individual who is booked into jail. During the booking process, the arrestees’ fingerprints are taken, and checked for criminal history and now also for immigration records maintained by DHS. If the person’s fingerprints match those of a person in the DHS fingerprint system, ICE will be notified and take the appropriate enforcement action.

More information is available at www.ice.gov.

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birdsongslaw - January 30, 2009 9:52 AM

It certainly took our government long enough to get around to doing this!

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