Immigrant Rights Groups fight against Feds new program for identifying illegal criminals The federal government has beefed up its effort to protect Americans against illegal / undocumented criminals, by expanding a police enhancement program that is designed to use a database comprised of the fingerprints of newly arrested individuals as a means of cross checking / cross referencing FBI criminal records and the Department of Homeland Security immigration records.

The Fed’s program, named “Secure Communitiesâ€