Washington now 100% I.C.E. Secure Communities

Washington now 100% I.C.E. Secure Communities

With the addition of Washington and Montana to the 100% list this week
81% of all U.S. communities are now activated.

June 21, 2011
Yakima

July 12, 2011
Franklin
Lewis

July 19, 2011
Benton
Grays Harbor
Pacific

April 3, 2012
Adams
Asotin
Chelan
Clallam
Clark
Columbia
Cowlitz
Douglas
Ferry
Garfield
Grant
Island
Jefferson
King
Kitsap
Kittitas
Klickitat
Lincoln
Mason
Okanogan
Pend Oreille
Pierce
San Juan
Skagit
Skamania
Snohomish
Spokane
Stevens
Thurston
Wahkiakum
Walla Walla
Whatcom

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States activate immigrant fingerprint program

By Manuel Valdes
The Associated Press
Published: (Monday, Apr 30, 2012 04:25AM) Today

SEATTLE — A federal program that uses fingerprint analysis to identify illegal immigrants in county jails has been activated in Washington state and Montana ahead of the 2013 nationwide rollout, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

The two states join 32 others where the program known as Secure Communities has gone live statewide. More than 80 percent of the 3,181 jurisdictions needed to go national are now active, according to ICE.

“The nationwide rollout is happening and has been happening,” said Andre Munoz, an ICE spokesman in Seattle. “The goal is to have nationwide activation no later than the end of 2013.”

Last year, Secure Communities faced opposition from immigrant rights groups and the governors of Massachusetts, Illinois and New York.

Immigrant rights groups say Secure Communities can discourage immigrants from reporting crimes and can lead to the deportation of people who haven’t been convicted of anything.

Eventually, the program was tweaked. ICE changed the program’s guidelines to address some concerns. A new policy directs ICE officers and attorneys to use appropriate discretion to make sure victims and witnesses to crimes are not put into deportation proceedings.

The program went live in Washington state and Montana on this month. Secure Communities came to Oregon in 2010.

States activate immigrant fingerprint program