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December 5, 2012

California Rebukes "Secure Communities" Immigration Enforcement 
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California has formalized its refusal to ensure the enforcement of
federal immigration requests. On Tuesday, California Attorney General
Kamala Harris said state law enforcement agencies are not required to
comply with the program known as Secure Communities, where local
authorities share fingerprints with immigration officials. The federal
program helped lead to the record deportation of around 400,000 people
last year.

 

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