ICE program will automate immigration checks

By HEATHER KEELS
heather.keels@herald-mail.com
9:34 p.m. EDT, April 24, 2011
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Fingerprints of people booked into the Washington County Detention Center will be checked automatically against federal immigration law enforcement records under a new system implemented this month by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The program, known as “Secure Communities,â€