ACLU questions immigration enforcement tactics in Michigan

ICE is stepping up its arrest of sexual offenders and other criminals among illegal aliens currently in Michigan, too.

Thursday, April 14, 2011By Martin Barillas

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today began using the Secure Communities program this week in seven Michigan counties including Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Muskegon and Ottawa to help federal immigration officials identify criminal aliens in state prisons and local jails by running their fingerprints against federal immigration databases when they are booked into the system.

“Secure Communities enhances public safety by enabling ICE to identify and remove criminal aliens more efficiently and effectively from the United States,â€