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June 2, 2011

New York Suspends Role in "Secure Communities" Program 
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New York State has suspended involvement in the controversial federal
immigration enforcement policy that requires local police to forward
fingerprints of every person they arrest to the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security. The program, called Secure Communities, allows
federal immigration officials to pursue deportation against those found
to be undocumented or a non-citizen with a criminal record. New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo says state officials will investigate the program
to determine whether it is undermined law enforcement and harmed
immigrant communities as critics have alleged. 
New York is the second state to opt out after Illinois became the first
last month.



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