Posts Tagged ‘ Secure Communities ’

The Tea Party Stands Up

The Tea Party Stands Up

Courtesy of the great conservative website Fleming & Hayes, I bring you a fascinating series of exchanges during a public debate about Secure Communities, the identification system used by local authorities, in concert with ICE, to identify and eventually deport selected criminal aliens.
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Year In Review

Year In Review

As we mark the end of the old year and the beginning of something new, it’s wise to take a step back and assess the accomplishments and setbacks of our movement. 2010 was probably the most significant year in terms of advancing the debate over immigration enforcement within the body politic of this country...
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Secure Communities

Secure Communities

In a sign of what can be accomplished when pressure is brought to bear on negligent public officials, the state of Massachusetts has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ICE. By opting in to Secure Communities, officials in the Bay State have agreed to screen all future arrestees for legal status, and to report those...
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Secure Communities

Secure Communities

Although David Patterson has experienced a turbulent year and a half as chief executive of New York State, and has drawn substantial public criticism in the process, he does have a number of achievements to his credit. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment is his decision to opt into the highly effective federal program known as Secure...
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Double Standards

Double Standards

One of the hallmarks of the Obama administration’s application of federal immigration law, such as it is, remains its stunning inconsistency. A perfect illustration of this tendency comes via a Fox News report detailing the findings of a report by the Center for Immigration Studies that examined the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
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The Daily Rattle – Immigration News Summary for September 15, 2010

Politicians at home and abroad play immigration for political gain, sometimes for good and sometimes for bad.  And while rattlesnakes live only in our hemisphere, their slithering cousins are everywhere: •  The Atlantic is reporting that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is bundling in the DREAM Act, which provides a path to citizenship...
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