Obama Administration Finally Gets It On Secure Communities


News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. June 24, 2011: The Barack Obama administration has finally gotten the memo on the much criticized and largely undemocratic Secure Communities Program. On June 17, the Department of Homeland Security announced new guidelines in an effort to stop immigration officers from deporting people who were not convicted of a crime; were arrested while reporting a crime, or who were witnesses in a potential criminal investigation or trial.

The guidelines also give prosecutors more discretion on whom to deport.

“We are listening to those concerns and addressing them head on today,â€