Thread: Liberals Resist Even Dumbed-Down Immigration Checks

Liberals Resist Even Dumbed-Down Immigration Checks

by James R. Edwards, Jr.
03/09/2011

Liberal local governments and police agencies don’t like the Homeland Security Department’s Secure Communities program, which involves routinely checking the fingerprints of local prisoners for immigration status.

The Washington Post recently reported that Washington, D.C., and neighboring Arlington County, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Maryland, remain cool to participating in the program.

Washington’s Police Chief Cathy Lanier prefers to pick and choose among suspects which ones get Immigration and Customs Enforcement fingerprint checks.



"I was trying to negotiate some kind of agreement before it [Secure Communities participation] became mandatory in 2013,â€

[quote="JohnDoe2"]Liberals Resist Even Dumbed-Down Immigration Checks

by James R. Edwards, Jr.
03/09/2011

As for the oft-repeated claim that programs like these will make immigrant crime victims hesitant to report crimes, that turns out to be more fear-mongering than fact. In the Center for Immigration Studies report, “We could find no substantiated cases of crime victims who were removed as a result of having reported crimes to authorities, unless the victims happened to be criminals as well."

“Since starting the 287(g) program at our jail, we have had more communication with the immigrant community, not less,â€