This is all good news:
SAN ANTONIO — A federal program that automatically checks the immigration status of arrested people has gone statewide in Texas.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Wednesday that the fingerprint sharing program Secure Communities has been activated in all 254 counties in Texas as of this week. Many local jail bookings have used the program for years.
ICE says the program has led to more than 41,000 deportations of illegal immigrants nationwide. Critics say the program makes people fearful of reporting crimes and does not protect against racial profiling.
The Obama administration wants Secure Communities operating nationwide by 2013.
Remember, this is a Federal program being implemented by the states to help fight illegal immigration during arrests. So…remind me again why Obama and Eric Holder are suing Arizona?
Oh, and why am I not surprised that the pro-illegal immigration journalists over at the totally unbiased and objective Texas Tribune are interjecting their views into their headlines:
More biased reporting from the Libs at the Texas Tribune
Uh…what exactly is so “controversial” about enforcing our nation’s immigration laws, Mr. Julian Aguilar (what kind of name is that, anyway? Canadian? German? Yeah, that’s right, I’m insinuating that you’re Hispanic heritage might play a role in your biased reporting on matters of illegal immigration.)
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I can see where this program is “controversial,” but most likely for substantively different reasons than the writer at the Trib.
You already identified one of the reasons, the reaction of this administration to Arizona’s attempts to enforce Federal law.
For me the “controversy” would be the determined lack of will by this administration to enforce existing law. While seemingly helpful in removing those arrested for being here ILLEGALLY, I don’t see that the Feds are taking any serious steps in stopping the flow of ILLEGAL immigrants or the drugs and weapons they bring.
neither do. and it’s highly hypocritcal of them. but then,,it’s the federal government. they’re all lying sacks of shit.
Controversial? In the 80s this was the norm.