ICE Cracks Down on Illegal Immigrants with 'Secure Communities'
Reported by: Jessica Chen
Email: jchen@mynews4.com
Published: 6:26 pm
Updated: 6:42 pm

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is cracking down on illegal immigrants by mandating state enforcement.

Last Friday, ICE declared it is mandatory for all states to participate in the Secure Communities program. What that means is every time someone is fingerprinted by a local law enforcement agency, that information is shared with the FBI where they can check that person’s immigration status and criminal convictions.

In a statement from ICE they said, “These measures will help guarantee that Secure Communities is operated in a manner that is fully consistent with all applicable civil rights liberties laws and policies.â€