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 has 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.