May 19th, 2009
The Secure Communities program was started in 2008 by the Bush Administration and enables local law enforcement to check the fingerprints of a person in custody against the immigration fingerprint database maintained by DHS in order to identify those who are in the United States illegally. The program is currently used in 48 localities across America including Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Boston and...
Apr 28th, 2009
Today Arlen Spector, the Republican senator from Pennsylvania, announced that he will be come a Democrat. While the move has been celebrated as a liberal victory and the end of the Republican filibuster, at least one blogger raises the alarm on the immigration front. Dana Goldstein, blogging on prospect.org, cautions that Spector’s move could actually derail the movement for comprehensive immigration reform...