Liddick: Secure Communities program worthwhile

by Morgan Liddick
June, 13 2011 11:28 am
Summit Daily News

John Fikrifadi is pulled over for speeding: 45 in a 25 zone. On examination, he has no license or insurance card. Plus, he has an outstanding warrant. He's hauled off to the calaboose for a booking. Before his catch-and-release bail hearing, wouldn't it be nice to know if he's just a hard-luck local Joe with a bad memory (Hey, I've forgotten my license. Not frequently, and not lately, but it happens …) or an illegal alien who's been deported twice and who's got a record for menacing and extortion?

According to our governor, not really.

Gov. Hickenlooper, who professed at least some degree of support for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's “Secure Communitiesâ€