Thread: Immigration authority terminates Secure Communities agreemen

Immigration authority terminates Secure Communities agreements

By Tara Bahrampour, Sunday, August 7, 6:44 PM

A key immigration enforcement program that has drawn criticism from some state and local governments will terminate all existing agreements with jurisdictions over the program, federal authorities announced Friday.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said its director, John Morton, had sent a letter to state governors terminating the agreements “to avoid further confusion.â€

If you can not regularize under the status quo you should leave. There should be no laxity on people who are not willing to be adjudicated.

[b][quote]Immigrant advocacy organizations responded angrily to the announcement. “For DHS to act with such disregard for local leadership, community policing and fiscal prudence is an act of bad faith and bad policy,â€