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California Rebukes “Secure Communities” Immigration Enforcement

HeadlineDec 05, 2012

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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